ArticleArchives of women's mental health2021
Are we overlooking obsessive-compulsive disorder during and after pregnancy? Some arguments for a peripartum onset specifier.
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- Understanding parental bonding in the first two years after birth: exploring family predictors using growth mixture modeling.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The relationship between pregnancy complaints and obsessive-compulsive behaviors during the postpartum period regarding baby care: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
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- Screening for Perinatal Anxiety Using the Childbirth Fear Questionnaire: A New Measure of Fear of Childbirth.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The impact of postpartum obsessive-compulsive symptoms on child development and the mediating role of the parent-child relationship: A prospective longitudinal study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
The peripartum period appears to be a potent trigger of obsessive-compulsive disorder in women; however, due to the lack of awareness and routine screening, women with obsessive-compulsive disorder may be at risk of under- or misdiagnosis. Unfortunately, the missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis can have serious consequences including symptom persistence, compromised ability to care for the newborn, poor quality of life and unnecessary reporting of the mother to child protective services. It is argued that future iterations of the DSM consider expanding the scope of the peripartum onset specifier to include obsessive-compulsive disorder to increase its detection, diagnosis and management.
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