Trajectory of perinatal mental health in India

The global burden of psychiatric disorders in women is on the rise, especially in the perinatal period. Despite this, the recognition of the need and delivery of health care in women of reproductive age group is scarce and still met by unscientific treatment modalities. Such a scenario is luring in...

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Published in:Indian journal of social psychiatry : official publication of Indian Association for Social Psychiatry 2019-01, Vol.35 (1), p.47-54
Main Authors: Harsha, G, Acharya, Mithun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Analysis
Culture
Disease prevention
Families & family life
Health care policy
Initiatives
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Midwifery
Mortality
perinatal psychiatry
Postpartum period
Pregnancy
Provisions
Psychological aspects
Search engines
Suicides & suicide attempts
Systematic review
Therapeutics
Women
Women's health
Womens health
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Summary:The global burden of psychiatric disorders in women is on the rise, especially in the perinatal period. Despite this, the recognition of the need and delivery of health care in women of reproductive age group is scarce and still met by unscientific treatment modalities. Such a scenario is luring in India as well. We have focused on discussing the impact of culture on the treatment practices, different challenges faced, nosological status, and management principles of different perinatal psychiatric disorders. We mainly employed the Google Scholar search engine to look into articles of all sorts (review articles, case reports, expert opinions, newspaper extracts, and Indian government websites) and reviewed them. We also acknowledged the information extracted from these articles which were highly valuable and enlightening. The perspective of the health-care delivery in the perinatal group of population has been changing over the years, but still there is lot to change. A holistic, scientific, evidence-based approach is a definite need toward attaining this goal.
ISSN:0971-9962
2454-8316
DOI:10.4103/ijsp.ijsp_30_18