You are here

Article Text

Article menu
Download PDFPDF
Women's health
Systematic review and meta-analysis
Psychosocial and psychological interventions reduce the risk of postnatal depression compared with standard care
  1. Michael W O'Hara
  1. Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
  1. Correspondence to: Dr Michael W O'Hara
    Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, 11 Seashore Hall E, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; mike-ohara{at}uiowa.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2013-101374

Statistics from Altmetric.com

    Request Permissions

    If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

    Commentary on: Dennis CL, Dowswell T. Psychosocial and psychological interventions for preventing postpartum depression. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013;2:CD001134.OpenUrlPubMed

    Implications for practice and research

    • Interventions that target women ‘at risk’ for postnatal depression are efficacious.

    • The evidence is weak for interventions that target the general population of women.

    • Future research should focus on developing better tools to identify ‘at-risk’ women, improving the efficacy of these and making them more accessible to women in need.

    Context

    Postpartum depression is a significant mental health problem that impacts not only women, but also their children and families. It is prevalent, affecting up to 19% of women (7% major depression alone) in the first 3 months after delivery.1 A number of efficacious interventions have been developed to treat postpartum depression.2 Despite the availability of effective interventions, women experience considerable suffering prior to the onset …

    View Full Text

    Footnotes

    • Competing interests None.