Perinatal care professional perspectives of screening for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders: a qualitative analysis
Perinatal care professionals view screening as an important element of clinical decision-making. Reducing inequities in detecting perinatal mood and anxiety disorders requires offering screenings in patients' preferred languages, improving patient-provider relationships, and training to implement best practices. Future research should examine variations in screening implementation to ensure equitable detection of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
Authors
- Adediwura Arowosegbe
- Martha Zimmermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3468-1732)
- R. Christopher Sheldrick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0534-856X)
- Nancy Byatt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4010-8919)
- Tiffany A. Moore Simas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8356-6418)
- Thomas I. Mackie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6010-6304)
- Xiao Tong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0405-6429)
- Lily Millen
- Clevanne Julce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5633-8252)
- Ana J. Schaefer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5357-9692)
- Sarah Jane Palmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5496-7107)
Institutions
- UMass Memorial Health Care (US)
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
- Amherst College (US)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
- UMass Memorial Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2025.2587670
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88