Symptoms of anxiety and depression in the perinatal period: Referrals to the Comprehensive Child Development Service in a Hong Kong regional hospital

Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 112-113

  Yiu, Michael G C ^a   Szeto, Wai Lun ^a   Wong, Gillian P K ^a   Miao, May Y K ^a  

^a HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Depression, postpartum; Perinatal care; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PSYCHIATRIST; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 70849085431     PISSN: 10262121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Brockington IF. Book forum. Am J Psychiatry 1998;155:2.
2. Matthey S, Barnell B, Howie P, Kavanagh DJ. Diagnosing postpartum depression in mothers and fathers: whatever happened to anxiety? J Affect Disord 2003;74:139-47.
3. Ross LE, Gilbert Evans SE, Sellers EM, Romach MK. Measurement issues in postpartum depression part 1: anxiety as a feature of postpartum depression. Arch Womens Ment Health 2003;6:51-7.
4. Wenzel A, Haugen EN, Jackson LC, Brendle JR, Anxiety symptoms and disorders at eight weeks postpartum. J Anxiety Disord 2005;19:295-311.
5. Brockington IF, Macdonald E, Wainscott G. Anxiety, obsessions and morbid preoccupations in pregnancy and the puerperium. Arch Womens Ment Health 2006;9:253-63.
6. Heymans H, Winter ST. Fears during pregnancy. An interview study of 200 postpartum women. Isr J Med Sci 1975;11:1102-5.
7. De Armond M. A type of post partum anxiety reaction. Dis Nerv Syst 1954;15:26-9.
8. Sved-Williams AE. Phobic reactions of mothers to their own babies. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 1992;26:631-8.
9. Weightman H, Dalal BM, Brockington IF. Pathological fear of cot death. Psychopathology 1998;31:246-9.
10. O'Hara MW, Swain AM. Rates and risk of postpartum depression: a meta-analysis. Int Rev Psychiatry 1996;8:37-54.
11. Murray L, Fiori-Cowley A, Hooper R, Cooper P. The impact of postnatal depression and associated adversity on early mother-infant interactions and later infant outcome. Child Dev 1996;67:2512-26.
12. Milgrom J, McCloud PI. Parenting stress and postnatal depression stress medicine. Stress Med 1996;12:177-86.
13. Maser JD, Cloninger CR. Comorbidity of mood and anxiety disorders. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press; 1990.
14. Hertzberg T, Wahlbeck K. The impact of pregnancy and puerperium on panic disorder: a review. J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol 1999;20:59-64.
15. Button JH, Reivich RS. Obsessions of infanticide. A review of 42 cases. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1972;27:235-40.
16. Chapman AH. Obsessions of infanticide. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1959;1:12-6.
17. Burttolph ML, Holland AD. Obsessive compulsive disorder in pregnancy and childbirth. OCD: theory and management. 2nd ed. Chicago: Year book Medical Publishers; 1990: 89-95.
18. Wenzel A, Haugen EN, Jackson LC, Robinson K. Prevalence of generalized anxiety at eight weeks postpartum. Arch Womens Ment Health 2003;6:43-9.
19. Wenzel A, Gorman LL, O'Hara MW, Stuart S. The occurrence of panic and obsessive compulsive symptoms in women with postpartum dysphoria: a prospective study. Arch Womens Ment Health 2001;4:5-12.
20. Mc Ivor RJ, Davies RA, Wieck A, Marks MN, Brown N, Campbell IC, et al. The growth hormone response to apomorphine at 4 days postpartum in women with a history of major depression. J Affect Disord 1996;40:131-6.
21. O'Hara MW, Schlechte JA, Lewis DA, Varner MW. Controlled prospective study of postpartum mood disorders: psychological, environmental, and hormonal variables. J Abnorm Psychol 1991;100:63-73.
22. Carlson NR. Physiology of behavior. 7th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon; 2001.
23. Evans LM, Myers MM, Monk C. Pregnant women's cortisol is elevated with anxiety and depression -but only when comorbid. Arch Womens Ment Health 2008:11:239-48.
24. Robertson E, Grace S, Wallington T, Stewart DE. Antenatal risk factors for postpartum depression: a synthesis of recent literature. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2004;26:289-95.
25. Kumar R, Robson KM. A prospective study of emotional disorders in childbearing women. BrJ Psychiatry 1984;144:35-47.
26. Elliott SA. Pregnancy and after. In: Rachman S, editor. Contributions to medical psychology. Oxford: Pergamon Press; 1984: 93-116.
27. Heron J, O'Connor TG, Evans J, Golding J, Glover V; The ALSPAC Study Team. The course of anxiety and depression through pregnancy and the postpartum in a community sample. J Affect Disord 2004;80:65-73.
28. Sutter-Dallay AL, Giaconne-Marcesche V, Glatigny-Dallay E, Verdoux H. Women with anxiety disorders during pregnancy are at increased risk of intense postnatal depressive symptoms: a prospective survey of the MATQUID cohort. Eur Psychiatry 2004;19:459-63.
29. Muzik M, Klier CM, Rosenblum KL, Holzinger A, Umek W, Katschnig H. Are commonly used self-report inventories suitable for screening postpartum depression and anxiety disorders? Acta Psychiatric Scand 2000;102:71-3.
30. Stuart S, Couser G, Schilder K, O'Hara MW, Gorman L. Postpartum anxiety and depression: onset and comorbidity in a community sample. J Nerv Ment Dis 1998;186:420-4.