Perinatal mood disorders.
1. Primary objectives: To assess:
a. the contribution of the following to the prediction of depression ( i.e. , symptom severity and diagnostic status) at 8-weeks postpartum:
i. maternal, prenatal symptoms of the 6 primary AD (i.e. , social anxiety, specific phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, panic disorder and agoraphobia); and
ii. maternal, prenatal symptoms of pregnancy specific stress.
b. the distribution of mood disorders (i.e. , major depressive disorder, minor depressive disorder and bipolar disorders) among postpartum women diagnosed with an episode of major depression.
2. Secondary objectives: To determine:
a. the prevalence of maternal postpartum depression at 6?8 weeks postpartum;
b. if the current, Province wide, self-report based screening for postpartum depression is sufficient to adequately detect AD among postpartum women, or if supplementary anxiety specific screening is needed; and
c. the course of mood symptoms from pregnancy to 6-months postpartum.