ArticleTranslational psychiatry2021
Early identification of postpartum depression using demographic, clinical, and digital phenotyping.
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- Digital screening for mental health in pregnancy and postpartum: A systematic review.Archives of women's mental health · 2024Pooled it
- Identifying Risk Factors of Postpartum Depressive Symptoms: The Effect of Self-Efficacy and Social Support Among Mothers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A review of the application of digital phenotyping in predicting peripartum depressive symptoms.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- Using the PowerMom Digital Health Platform to Support Prenatal Mental Health and Maternal Health Outcomes: Observational Cohort Study.JMIR mental health · 2025Observational
- [Prediction and timely identification of postpartum depression: results of the longitudinal RiPoD study in the context of the literature].Der Nervenarzt · 2025Review
- Postpartum Depression: Etiology, Treatment, and Consequences for Maternal Care.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Baby blues, premenstrual syndrome and postpartum affective disorders: intersection of risk factors and reciprocal influences.BJPsych open · 2023Article
- Developmental Trajectory of Depressive Symptoms from Early Childhood through High School in Children and Adolescents with a High Intellectual Potential.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Digital Phenotyping: Data-Driven Psychiatry to Redefine Mental Health.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Pandemic-induced increase in adjustment disorders among postpartum women in Germany.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Psychosocial predictors of early postpartum depressive and anxious symptoms in primiparous women and their partners.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Digital mental health for postpartum women: perils, pitfalls, and promise.NPJ digital medicine · 2023Article
- A case report involving the experience of pervasive pregnancy denial: detailed observation of the first 12 postpartum weeks.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- The expectant brain-pregnancy leads to changes in brain morphology in the early postpartum period.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2022Article
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- Characterization of Depressive Symptom Trajectories in Women between Childbirth and Diagnosis.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Ethical Development of Digital Phenotyping Tools for Mental Health Applications: Delphi Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Article
- Threats to Global Mental Health From Unregulated Digital Phenotyping and Neuromarketing: Recommendations for COVID-19 Era and Beyond.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
Postpartum depression (PPD) and adjustment disorder (AD) affect up to 25% of women after childbirth. However, there are no accurate screening tools for either disorder to identify at-risk mothers and enable them to benefit from early intervention. Combinations of anamnestic, clinical, and remote assessments were evaluated for an early and accurate identification of PPD and AD. Two cohorts of mothers giving birth were included in the study (N = 308 and N = 193). At baseline, participants underwent a detailed sociodemographic-anamnestic and clinical interview. Remote assessments were collected over 12 weeks comprising mood and stress levels as well as depression and attachment scores. At 12 weeks postpartum, an experienced clinician assigned the participants to three distinct groups: women with PPD, women with AD, and healthy controls (HC). Combinations of these assessments were assessed for an early an accurate detection of PPD and AD in the first cohort and, after pre-registration, validated in a prospective second cohort. Combinations of postnatal depression, attachment (for AD) and mood scores at week 3 achieved balanced accuracies of 93 and 79% for differentiation of PPD and AD from HC in the validation cohort and balanced accuracies of 87 and 91% in the first cohort. Differentiation between AD and PPD, with a balanced accuracy of 73% was possible at week 6 based on mood levels only with a balanced accuracy of 73% in the validation cohort and a balanced accuracy of 76% in the first cohort. Combinations of in clinic and remote self-assessments allow for early and accurate detection of PPD and AD as early as three weeks postpartum, enabling early intervention to the benefit of both mothers and children.
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