All Babies Count: Reducing the pressure on new families

Sanger, Camilla; Haynes, Alice; Rayns, Gwynne; Hogg, Sally; Galloway, Susan

doi:10.1016/j.midw.2015.01.011

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“…For change to begin it has to occur from the grassroots. Midwives are in a 'pivotal position' due to their frequent input during the perinatal period (Sanger et al, 2016) and could provide a more robust and thorough detection of both 11 prior and current mental health conditions. This would most usefully occur at the booking-in appointment, and could continue throughout the woman's pregnancy, helping to detect those cases, which at present might be missed or overlooked.…”

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Reaching women with perinatal mental illness at the booking-in appointment

Haynes

2018

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to look at the positive future gains of reaching women with perinatal mental illness at the first midwifery booking-in appointment, a unique opportunity that could be more widely used as a point of detection, awareness and prevention of illness in the perinatal period. Design/methodology/approach A more robust section of this appointment that includes focussed detection and awareness of prior and current mental health concerns as well as the stigma attached to these conditions will allow midwives to signpost women to get much needed treatment prior to delivery. Suitable treatment options also need to be available and in place at this point. Findings The existing booking-in process, for highlighting and diagnosing mental health conditions, has limited suitability. Detection in the postnatal period has inherent difficulties due to time pressures on women, the costs to the mother, baby, family and the economic costs to society, which are considerable. The postnatal period may be too late for treatment, with the harm already done to the woman, their baby and their family. Research limitations/implications Research is needed to assess the efficacy of such a strategy, including the costs to train the midwives to deliver this additional service, and the consideration of suitable treatment options at the antenatal stage. This may help to reduce the high levels of attrition within treatment programmes currently running. Originality/value This paper fulfils a need to diagnose and prevent perinatal mental illness at an earlier point in pregnancy.

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Reaching women with perinatal mental illness at the booking-in appointment

Haynes

2018

IJHG

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All Babies Count: Reducing the pressure on new families

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Reaching women with perinatal mental illness at the booking-in appointment

Reaching women with perinatal mental illness at the booking-in appointment

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