Author(s): Pereira, AT ; Soares, MJ ; Bos, S ; Marques, M ; Maia, B ; Valente, J ; Nogueira, V ; Roque, C ; Madeira, N ; Pinto de Azevedo, MH ; Macedo, A
Date: 2014
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/1734
Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
Subject(s): Depressão Pós-Parto; Perturbações Depressivas
In this paper we review some of the best available evidence to argue that screening for perinatal depression should be systematically conducted since pregnancy. Our view is organized in ten topics: (1) perinatal depression high prevalence; (2) its potential negative consequences, including maternal, conjugal, foetal, infantile, and child effects; (3) its under-detection and treatment; (4) its stigma; (5) the professionals and women misconceptions related to perinatal depression; (6) the availability of valid and short self-report screening instruments for perinatal depression and (7) their acceptability; (8) the increase in recognition, diagnosis, and treatment rates in comparison with routine practice; (9) the opportunity, given the large number of contacts that women have with health professionals in the perinatal period; and (10) perinatal depression screening potential cost-effectiveness.
