Chronic physical conditions and risk for perinatal mental illness: A population-based retrospective cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>One in 5 women experience mental illness in pregnancy or post partum. Universal preventive interventions have not lowered the incidence of perinatal mental illness, perhaps because those at highest risk were not targeted. Outside of pregnancy, chronic physical conditio...

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Main Authors: Hilary K Brown, Andrew S Wilton, Joel G Ray, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Astrid Guttmann, Simone N Vigod
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-08-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002864