Maternal depression: Technology enabled self screening in real time

The first step toward providing treatment, is getting the right diagnosis in real time; before it is too late. Without this, resource deployment may appear to be comparable to the scale and scope of the problem, while in reality it may just be a drop in the ocean. Maternal depression, during pregnan...

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Published in:Health care for women international 2022-12, Vol.43 (12), p.1449-1463
Main Authors: Jhawar, Sheenu, Gupta, Shiv Dutt, Das, Arindam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Clinical assessment
Deployment
Depression - diagnosis
Female
Humans
Mass Screening
Maternal depression
Medical diagnosis
Medical screening
Medical technology
Mental depression
Pregnancy
Technology
Womens health
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Summary:The first step toward providing treatment, is getting the right diagnosis in real time; before it is too late. Without this, resource deployment may appear to be comparable to the scale and scope of the problem, while in reality it may just be a drop in the ocean. Maternal depression, during pregnancy is a debilitating risk to both the mother and the child, but the bigger problem is, it goes unnoticed, undetected, and therefore untreated. If mobile technology can be deployed to screen for depression in real time by the pregnant mother herself, it will go miles in creating a HOPE for health.
ISSN:0739-9332
1096-4665
DOI:10.1080/07399332.2022.2037603