HEART Reading Pack: Maternal Depression

HEART Reading Pack: Maternal Depression

2016

In this installment of the Health & Education Advice & Resource Team's (HEART) Reading Pack series, renowned professor and MHIN Africa collaborator Crick Lund summarizes the state of knowledge about maternal depression across cultures.

Topics include:

  • The nature and scale of the problem
  • Impact on the woman and her children
  • Screening and diagnostic tools for maternal depression in low-income settings
  • What is good practice? Interventions in low resource settings
  • How can maternal depression interventions be integrated into general maternal health programmes?
  • Key readings

Details

Type
Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach(es)
Advocacy
Policy and legislation
Training, education and capacity building
Disorder(s)
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Population(s)
Maternal and neonatal health

Maternal depression HEART Reading Pack