TY - JOUR T1 - Psychosocial and psychological interventions reduce the risk of postnatal depression compared with standard care JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs DO - 10.1136/eb-2013-101374 SP - ebnurs-2013-101374 AU - Michael W O'Hara Y1 - 2013/07/03 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2013/07/03/eb-2013-101374.abstract N2 - Commentary on Dennis CL, Dowswell T. Psychosocial and psychological interventions for preventing postpartum depression. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013;2:CD001134OpenUrlPubMed. 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. 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 … ER -