Perinatal mood disorders.
1. Primary objectives: To assess:
-the contribution of the following to the prediction of depression (i.e., symptom severity and diagnostic status) at 8-weeks postpartum:
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
maternal, prenatal symptoms of pregnancy specific stress.
-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.
Secondary objectives: To determine:
-the prevalence of maternal postpartum depression at 6–8 weeks postpartum;
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
-the course of mood symptoms from pregnancy to 6-months postpartum.
Perinatal mental health treatment access.
Assess 6-month postpartum mental healthcare access, use and cost among women diagnosed with mood disorders at 6–8 weeks postpartum.