August 12, 2015
Maternal Mental Health
Reading/Reference List
Position Papers on Screening
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American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee Opinion: Screening for Perinatal
Depression (May 2015, replaces Committee Opinion Number 453, February 2010)’
http://www.acog.org/Resources-And-Publications/Committee-Opinions/Committee-on-ObstetricPractice/Screening-for-Perinatal-Depression
Managing Maternal Depression Before and After Birth (American Academic of Pediatrics, October 2010)
https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/pages/Managing-Maternal-DepressionBefore-and-After-Birth.aspx
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Draft Recommendation Statement “Depression in Adults: Screening”
(public comment ends 8/24/15) http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/draftrecommendation-statement115/depression-in-adults-screening1
Overview and guiding principals
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Identifying and Treating Maternal Depression: Strategies and Considerations for Health Plans: NIHCM
Foundation Issue Brief (June 2010) http://www.nihcm.org/pdf/FINAL_MaternalDepression6-7.pdf
Screening
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“New Jersey’s Efforts to Improve Postpartum Depression Case Did not Change Treatment Patterns for
Women on Medicaid” (Kozhimannil, Health Affairs February 2011)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3736568/
Timing and Prevalence
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“Onset timing, thoughts of self-harm and diagnosis in postpartum women with screen-positive depression
findings” (Wisner et al, JAMA Psychiatry, May 2013) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23487258
“Postpartum Depression Can Arise Months after Screening” (Time Magazine, June 23, 2015)
http://time.com/3932136/postpartum-depression-screenings/