Prevalence & Risk Factors

We have compiled a number of articles detailing perinatal mood and anxiety disorder prevalence and risk factors. Learn more below:

• The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Toolkit on State Legislation: Pregnant Women & Prescription Drug Abuse, Dependence and Addiction
• Depressive disorders during pregnancy: Prevalence and risk factors in a large urban sample. Melville, J., Gavin, A., Guo, Y., Fan, M., & Katon, W. (2010). Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Mental health and access to services among US women of reproductive age. Farr, S., Bitsko, R., & Hayes, D. (2010). American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Psychiatric disorders in pregnant and postpartum women in the United States. Vesga-Lopez, O., Blanco, C., Keyes, K., Olfson, M., Grant, B.F., & Hasin, D.S. (2008). Archives of General Psychiatry 
• Obsessional thoughts and compulsive behaviors in a sample of women with postpartum mood symptoms. Abramowitz, J., Meltzer-Brody, S., Leserman, J., Killenberg, S., Rinaldi, K., Mahaffey, B., & Pederson, C. (2010). Archives of Women’s Mental Health
• Prenatal and postpartum depression in fathers and its association with maternal depression: A meta-analysis. Paulson, J.F. & Bazemore, S.D. (2010).  Journal of the American Medical Association 
• Perinatal depression: prevalence, screening accuracy, and screening outcomes. Gaynes, B.N., Swinson, T., Gartlehner, G., Brody, S., & Miller, W.C. (2005). Evidence Report/Technology Assessment: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality