Mental health during pregnancy and early childhood: recommendations from evidence-based guidelines

ConclusionsThe included guidelines recommend screening and/or counselling for the majority of the topics addressed. The results of the report can be used as a basis for decision-making for updating national antenatal care and screening programmes.Key messagesThe majority of the included evidence-based guidelines strongly recommend addressing mental health issues during pregnancy and after birth by offering screening and/or counselling.The recommendations from evidence-based guidelines can serve as a decision support for developing national antenatal and postnatal care programmes.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research