title: Point prevalence of psychiatric disorders during the second trimester of pregnancy: a population-based study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was undertaken to determine the point prevalence of psychiatric disorders during the second trimester of pregnancy in a population-based sample of pregnant women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 1795 consecutive pregnant women attending routine ultrasound screening at two obstetric clinics in Northern Sweden during 1 year. The Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD) was used for evaluating.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 1734 (96.6%) of the women filled in the PRIME-MD patient questionnaire. Psychiatric disorders were present in 14.1% of the women. Major depression was prevalent in 3.3% of patients and minor depression in 6.9% of patients. Anxiety disorders were encountered in 6.6% of patients. Women with psychiatric disorders displayed significantly more somatic symptoms and more pronounced fear of childbirth. Among diagnosed patients, only 5.5% had some form of treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders in this unselected population of pregnant women was high and the majority of the women were found to be undiagnosed and untreated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. Liselott.Anderson@nll.se
authors.forename: Liselott
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: Inger
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sundström-Poromaa
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bixo
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wulff
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bondestam
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: åStröm
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal