Article Text
PDF
Statistics from Altmetric.com
In 2019, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) commissioned a systematic evidence review to assess the benefits, risks, target population and timing of preventive interventions for postnatal depression (PND).1 Given the high incidence of PND—15–20% of women being affected by depression and anxiety in the first year after childbirth in the UK2—and significant short-term and long-term consequences for mother and child,1 3 4 awareness among paediatricians of effective risk-stratifying and preventive strategies is of significant importance to maternal, child and public health.
What should I be doing?
Be aware of the strong association between maternal mental …
Footnotes
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent for publication Not required.
Provenance and peer review Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
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.