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Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Postnatal Depression
Follow the links below to find systematic reviews of the evidence of the effectiveness of treatments for postnatal depression.
Reviewed December 2011
7 Resources Found
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| Title: | Psychosocial and psychological interventions for postpartum depression |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Postpartum depression affects approximately 13% of all new mothers. Many women desire to try treatment options other than medication. Results from nine trials involving 956 women found that both psychosocial (e.g., peer support, non-directive counsellin... |
| Date: | Aug 2007 |
| Title: | Antidepressant prevention of postnatal depression |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Postnatal depression is a common and important disorder with negative implications for the mother, the infant and the wider family. Women who are not depressed, but at high risk of postnatal depression, such as those with a previous history of a postpar... |
| Date: | Jun 2007 |
| Title: | Mother and baby units for schizophrenia |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Post-partum psychosis is a consistent source of new episodes of severe mental illness and its worldwide prevalence has remained unchanged at 1 in 1000 live births over the past 150 years. For some women, admission to hospital is necessary. In the UK spe... |
| Date: | Nov 2006 |
| Title: | Psychosocial and psychological interventions for preventing postpartum depression |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Psychosocial and psychological interventions compared with usual care provided antenatally or postnatally do not reduce the risk of postpartum depression. Postpartum depression affects approximately 13% of all new mothers. While no clear beneficial effe... |
| Date: | Aug 2004 |
| Title: | Oestrogens and progestins for preventing and treating postpartum depression |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Additional research needed to evaluate the effect of oestrogens for the prevention and treatment of postpartum depression but synthetic progesterones should not be administered. Postpartum depression is a common complication of childbirth, affecting app... |
| Date: | Jul 2004 |
| Title: | Parent training for improving maternal psychosocial health |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Parenting programmes are increasingly being used to promote the well-being of parents and children, and this review aims to establish whether they can improve maternal psycho-social health in particular. The findings of the review are based on a total o... |
| Date: | Dec 2002 |
| Title: | Antidepressants for post-natal depression |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Postnatal depression is a common disorder, which can have profound short and long term effects on maternal morbidity, the new infant and the family as a whole. It is not known whether antidepressants are an effective and safe choice for treatment of thi... |
| Date: | Jan 2001 |
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