The importance of social support and food insecurity in improving outcomes for perinatal depression: A causal mediation analysis of the AFFIRM-SA trial
Our findings suggest that psychological interventions that combine psychological components with interventions that directly target social determinants of mental health (such as food insecurity and social support) could substantially improve perinatal depression.
Authors
- Crick Lund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5159-8220)
- Emily Garman
- Thandi Davies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9626-0816)
- Ahmed Waqas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3772-194X)
- Robert C. Stewart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0413-1388)
- Angus MacBeth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0618-044X)
- Ricardo Araya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0420-5148)
- Charlotte Hanlon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7937-3226)
- Nadine Seward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4821-9437)
Institutions
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- King's College London (GB)
- Mental Health Research UK (GB)
- Centre for Mental Health (GB)
- Addis Ababa University (ET)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.03.159
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.39
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Mental Health