Open AccessPSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS FOR PERINATAL DEPRESSION IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
Author(s) -
Ania Fida,
Waqas Ahmed,
Naveed Sattar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pakistan journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-7018
pISSN - 2225-0891
DOI - 10.32413/pjph.v9i2.313
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , psychosocial , psychoeducation , depression (economics) , medicine , psychiatry , interpersonal psychotherapy , antenatal depression , interpersonal communication , psychology , depressive symptoms , randomized controlled trial , anxiety , surgery , economics , macroeconomics , social psychology
Perinatal depression is an incapacitating condition, associated with negative outcomes for both the mother and the child. It is perceived as a significant health concern, both in the high income and low to middle income countries (LAMIC). In this commentary, we investigated the potential effectiveness of task-shifting based psychosocial interventions targeting perinatal depression, moderate its antagonistic maternal and pediatric consequences and be effectively incorporated in poorly resourced health frameworks in LAMIC. Many multiphasic and task-shifting interventions including CBT, psychoeducation, interpersonal and exercise-based therapies were reviewed and were found to have a positive impact on perinatal depression. Such interventions are also cost effective and can become part of the management plan for a mother suffering from perinatal depression and lacking access to specialist care.