Background: The assessment of the psychosocial health of pregnant women and their families, although recommended, is not carried out by most practitioners. One reason is the lack of a practical and evidence-based tool. In response, a multidisciplinary group created the Antenatal Psychosocial Health Assessment (ALPHA) form. This article describes the development of this tool and experi-ence with it in an initial field trial. Methods: A systematic literature review revealed 15 antenatal psychosocial risk fac-tors associated with poor postpartum family outcomes of woman abuse, child abuse, postpartum depression, marital/couple dysfunction and increased physical illness. The ALPHA form, incorporating these risk factors, was developed and re-fin...
Problem: Identifying pregnant women whose children are at risk of poorer development in a rapid, acc...
Copyright © 2008 The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of PsychiatristsObjectiveThis study re...
Background: Routine psychosocial assessment during pregnancy and the first postnatal year is a publi...
Background: The assessment of the psychosocial health of pregnant women and their families, although...
OBJECTIVE: To describe the development of an assessment tool for antenatal psychosocial risk factors...
Objective: Eliciting known risk factors for postpartum depression (PPD) during pregnancy may enable ...
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether participants preferred a provider-completed or self-reported antenat...
Background: Mental health conditions arising in the perinatal period, including depression, have the...
Background: When antenatal care is provided, identification and management of challenging problems, ...
Background: When antenatal care is provided, identification and management of challenging problems, ...
Recognition of high rates of mental health morbidity and mortality that affect women during the peri...
Copyright: © 2014 Assumpta OCM. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the C...
In NSW health policy mandates psychosocial risk assessment and depression screening with routine car...
In NSW health policy mandates psychosocial risk assessment and depression screening with routine car...
Abstract The purpose of this review was to critically analyse existing tools to measure perinatal me...
Problem: Identifying pregnant women whose children are at risk of poorer development in a rapid, acc...
Copyright © 2008 The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of PsychiatristsObjectiveThis study re...
Background: Routine psychosocial assessment during pregnancy and the first postnatal year is a publi...
Background: The assessment of the psychosocial health of pregnant women and their families, although...
OBJECTIVE: To describe the development of an assessment tool for antenatal psychosocial risk factors...
Objective: Eliciting known risk factors for postpartum depression (PPD) during pregnancy may enable ...
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether participants preferred a provider-completed or self-reported antenat...
Background: Mental health conditions arising in the perinatal period, including depression, have the...
Background: When antenatal care is provided, identification and management of challenging problems, ...
Background: When antenatal care is provided, identification and management of challenging problems, ...
Recognition of high rates of mental health morbidity and mortality that affect women during the peri...
Copyright: © 2014 Assumpta OCM. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the C...
In NSW health policy mandates psychosocial risk assessment and depression screening with routine car...
In NSW health policy mandates psychosocial risk assessment and depression screening with routine car...
Abstract The purpose of this review was to critically analyse existing tools to measure perinatal me...
Problem: Identifying pregnant women whose children are at risk of poorer development in a rapid, acc...
Copyright © 2008 The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of PsychiatristsObjectiveThis study re...
Background: Routine psychosocial assessment during pregnancy and the first postnatal year is a publi...