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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Perinatal mental health"”.
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Perinatal mental health: experiences of seeking and receiving healthcare intervention
The perinatal period is a time of profound biopsychosocial transition, during which many women are vulnerable to mental health difficulties. Accessing support involves a complex interplay of individual and system-level factors, yet little qualitative research has explored women’s and families’ …
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Resilience and perinatal mental health : development and evaluation of an intervention
Background and objectives Perinatal mental health is a significant public health concern with a rising global burden. Its detrimental effects and consequences can have lasting impacts on a mother, child, and subsequently the entire family. This situation is more serious in developing countries like …
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Risk and Promotive Factors for Perinatal Mental Health Problems: Adverse and Benevolent Childhood Experiences and Contemporaneous Support and Stress
… on childhood risk and promotive factors for perinatal mental health, as well as extensive research on adulthood risk and promotive factors for these problems, little research considers childhood and adulthood experiences alongside one another. The current study addressed this gap by examining …
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Journey to Parenthood: How New Fathers and Mothers Make Sense of Perinatal Emotional Distress
… as a new parent. The definitional boundaries of perinatal mental health conditions, such as postpartum depression, are debated and these diagnoses have been criticized for individualizing social problems. Nonetheless, the postpartum depression diagnosis is being extended to fathers and additional …
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Living with perinatal mental illness in the UK as a migrant woman from Sub-Saharan Africa: a phenomenological study
Background: Perinatal mental illness can be challenging due the seriousness of the illness, anticipated risk to a mother, baby, family, and society. Despite the UK’s health and social care institutions’ efforts to raise awareness, the Sub-Saharan African migrant women experience challenges such as …
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Music therapy for pregnancy: A phenomenological inquiry of the experiences of pregnant women engaging in music therapy
… expectant mothers engaging in music therapy for perinatal mental health and aimed to give voice to the experiences of pregnant women in a therapeutic setting participating in creative exploration through music. Data was collected and analyzed from five adult female participants who had engaged in …
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Association of Medicaid Status with Patient Mental Health Diagnosis: Data from the WA State Perinatal Psychiatry Consultation Line
… Despite Medicaid’s critical role in covering perinatal and behavioral health care costs, many enrollees face barriers to timely mental health diagnosis and treatment. Understanding how insurance shapes access to mental health services and how this intersects with race and ethnicity is critical …
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Vulnerability risk factors and physiological mechanisms underlying the relationship between stressor exposure and mental health outcomes during the perinatal period
… the relationship between stressor exposure and mental health outcomes during sensitive time periods, such as the perinatal, remain to be elucidated. Therefore, the goal of my dissertation is to further elucidate the psychosocial stress conditions driving perinatal mental health by focusing on …
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Trauma Exposure, Posttraumatic Stress, And Depression In A Community Sample Of First-Time Mothers
… have separately been well-documented in the perinatal mental health literature. However, few studies have considered the comorbidity between trauma, posttraumatic stress and depression. This dissertation study brings attention to this comorbidity and explores implications of recent changes to …
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Pregnancy intendedness in a high-risk obstetric population in a regional hospital
… unknown for 29. All participants completed the Perinatal Mental Health Score and 4 required referrals for supportive assistance. The LMUP indicated that 76 women had unintended pregnancies, 58 were ambivalent about their pregnancies and 66 had an intended pregnancy. Pre-pregnancy discussion and …
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Moving on from ‘Listening Visits’: a mixed methods, multi-phase study exploring the support that health visitors provide to mothers with mental health problems
… least 50% of the 25% of mothers who experience mental health problems (MHPs) during pregnancy or the year after they have a baby (the perinatal period) are not getting the help they need that will lead to recovery. Children of mothers with untreated MHPs are more likely to experience physical …
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Effects of prenatal mindfulness-based childbirth education on women’s trajectories of distress
The perinatal period is a time of immense change, which can be a period of stress and vulnerability for mental health difficulties. Mindfulness-based interventions have shown promise for reducing distress, but further research is needed to identify long-term effects and moderators of mindfulness …
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A narrative inquiry into early pregnancy loss, subsequent pregnancy and maternal attachment
… on the mother through specialist training in perinatal mental health. Implications for clinical practice, training and support provision are discussed.
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Holding two babies in mind: a narrative inquiry into the impact on a woman’s sense of self in the transition to twin motherhood
… mothers as a unique subgroup in the field of perinatal mental health.
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Enhancing Psychiatric Providers' Knowledge and Screening Practices for Perinatal Depression
Background: Perinatal depression (PD) is a serious mental health condition that affects up to one in seven women during pregnancy or postpartum, yet it often goes undiagnosed and undertreated. If left untreated, PD can lead to significant health consequences for both mom and baby. Despite …
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Choose-your-own-adventure (CYOA): an empathy digital training tool for healthcare workers in maternity settings
… to enhance empathy skills and support continuous healthcare worker education among healthcare workers in maternity settings. In the context of SH training, healthcare professionals are encouraged to participate in roleplay activities while simulating scenarios involving patients, observing their …
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A Pilot Clinical Trial of SunnysideFlex to Treat Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms During Pregnancy
The perinatal period is associated with a heightened risk of psychopathologies, including affective distress, which in turn is associated with both mother and infant adverse health outcomes. Although extensive literature exists on perinatal depression and anxiety, other perinatal mental health …
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Birth Trauma: A mixed-methods investigation
… aims to address the following questions: What perinatal risk factors are associated with a traumatic appraisal of childbirth and postnatal PTS symptoms? What antenatal vulnerability factors are associated with PTS symptoms? and are there aetiological differences between postnatal trauma, …
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Scale Development to Identify Psychosocial Distress During Pregnancy with Fetal Anomaly: A Mixed Method Study
… early in my career as a clinician in community mental health. I quickly came to understand that children thrive when their parents are supported and well - yet in many systems of care, parents are often treated as secondary to the needs of the child. This realization shaped my professional …
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