ArticlePsychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)2023
Racial-Ethnic Differences in Treatment Initiation for New Diagnoses of Perinatal Depression.
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- Predisposing, Enabling, and Need Factors Associated with Postpartum Depression Treatment Among Women Enrolled in Texas Medicaid.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
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- Scoping review of non-pharmacological or self-management interventions for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders tested with Hispanic and Latina women.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Racial And Ethnic Inequities In Postpartum Depressive Symptoms, Diagnosis, And Care In 7 US Jurisdictions.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2024Article
- Antidepressant Prescriptions Increased For Privately Insured People With Perinatal Mood And Anxiety Disorder, 2008-20.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2024Article
- Community Health Worker-Delivered Interventions for Perinatal Mental Health in the United States: A Scoping Review.Health equityArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe adverse consequences of untreated perinatal depression highlight the need to identify populations to target in order to increase treatment rates. The authors sought to evaluate treatment initiation for a new diagnosis of depression during pregnancy or postpartum and to describe racial-ethnic differences in initiation and type (psychotherapy, antidepressants) of treatment in a large health care system with universal perinatal depression screening.
methodsThis retrospective cohort study included women who delivered a live birth in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California system between October 2012 and May 2017. Black, Latina, Asian, and White women ages ≥15 years were eligible. New depression diagnoses were defined by using
resultsIn total, 13,637 women with a new depression diagnosis (prenatal: N=7,041, 51.6%; postpartum: N=6,596, 48.4%) were identified. Of the pregnant women, 31.4% initiated treatment, and of the postpartum women, 73.1% initiated treatment. Latina and Asian women were less likely than White women to initiate treatment postpartum. During pregnancy and postpartum, non-White women were more likely to initiate psychotherapy. White women were more likely to initiate antidepressant medication during pregnancy and postpartum or a combination of antidepressant medication and psychotherapy during the postpartum period.
conclusionsResearch is warranted to identify patient-, provider-, and system-level barriers that contribute to racial-ethnic disparities in perinatal mental health care.
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