Identifying Perinatal Depression and Anxiety

Jeannette Milgrom is Professor of Psychology in the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Director of Clinical and Health Psychology at Austin Health and Founder and Director of the Parent-Infant Research Institute, Australia. She is internationally recognized for her work with mothers and babies and is currently President-Elect of the Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health. She is the author of six books, including Psychology and Psychiatry: Integrating Medical Practice (Wiley, 2001) and Treating Postnatal Depression: A Psychological Approach for Health Care Practitioners (Wiley, 1999), and over 110 scientific articles and chapters.Alan Gemmill is Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director of Research at the Parent-Infant Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia. He has led novel research into perinatal mental health for 14 years and has a special interest in clinical treatment studies and preventive intervention programs for maternal mental health difficulties. He has published widely on such topics as the neurodevelopmental benefits of early stress reduction for premature infants; the prevention of perinatal mood disorders and parenting difficulty; the major risk factors for perinatal depression and anxiety; and the predictive value of screening instruments for perinatal mood disorders.

• About the Editors viiAbout the Contributors viiiForeword xvi Introduction: Current Issues in Identifying Perinatal Depression: An Overview 1Jeannette Milgrom and Alan W. Gemmill1 Is Population‐Based Identification of Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Desirable?: A Public Health Perspective on the Perinatal Depression Care Continuum 11Norma I. Gavin, Samantha Meltzer‐Brody, Vivette Glover, and Bradley N. Gaynes2 When Screening Is Policy, How Do We Make It Work? 32Barbara P. Yawn, Elizabeth M. LaRusso, Susan L. Bertram, and William V. Bobo3 Acceptability, Attitudes, and Overcoming Stigma 51Anne Buist, Heather O’Mahen, and Rosanna Rooney4 How to Use the EPDS and Maximize Its Usefulness in the Consultation Process: A Clinician’s Guide 63Carol Henshaw and Jennifer Ericksen5 Screening Tools and Methods of Identifying Perinatal Depression 76Rachel Mann and Jonathan Evans6 Identifying Perinatal Anxiety 93Susan Ayers, Rose Coates, and Stephen Matthey7 Diagnostic Assessment of Depression, Anxiety, and Related Disorders 108Arianna Di Florio, John Seeley, and Ian Jones8 Psychosocial Assessment and Integrated Perinatal Care 121Marie‐Paule Austin, Jane Fisher, and Nicole Reilly9 Postnatal Depression, Mother–Infant Interactions, and Child Development: Prospects for Screening and Treatment 139Lynne Murray, Pasco Fearon, and Peter Cooper10 Fathers’ Perinatal Mental Health 165Richard Fletcher, Craig F. Garfield, and Stephen Matthey11 Evidence‐Based Treatments and Pathways to Care 177Michael W. O’Hara, Cindy‐Lee Dennis, Jennifer E. McCabe, and Megan Galbally12 International Approaches to Perinatal Mental Health Screening as a Public Health Priority 193Katherine L. Wisner, Marie‐Paule Austin, Angela Bowen, Roch Cantwell, and Nine M.‐C. Glangeaud‐Freudenthal13 Training Health‐Care Professionals for the Assessment and Management of Perinatal Depression and Anxiety 210C. Jane Morrell, Jan Cubison, Tom Ricketts, Anne Sved Williams, and Pauline Hall14 An Overview of Health Economic Aspects of Perinatal Depression 228Stavros Petrou, C. Jane Morrell, and Martin Knapp15 The Future of Perinatal Depression Identification: Can Information and Communication Technology Optimize Effectiveness? 240Tara Donker, Pim Cuijpers, David Stanley, and Brian Danaher16 Conclusion: Perinatal Depression: Looking Back, Moving Forward 256Alan W. Gemmill, Jeannette Milgrom, and Nicole HighetIndex 266