A multi-disciplinary approach to postnatal depression.
Many health visitors, GPs and midwives feel frustrated in their attempts to help women suffering from postnatal depression, due to a lack of consensus concerning diagnosis and treatment. Mary McClarey and Beverley Stokoe outline how an awareness that these and other women's mental health needs were not being met led to the launch of the Oxford city postnatal depression strategy in April.
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D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*