title: Factors associated with depression in pregnant immigrant women.
abstract: This study examined psychosocial risk factors for depressive symptomatology in a community sample of pregnant immigrant women in Montreal, Canada. One hundred and nineteen participants were recruited through hospitals and responded to questionnaires assessing depression, somatic symptoms, functional status, social support, stressful life events and marital adjustment. Forty-two percent of participants scored above the cut-off for depression. Depressive symptoms were associated with poorer functional status and more somatic symptoms. Depressed women reported a lack of social support, more stressful life events and poorer marital adjustment. Transitions associated with migration may place pregnant immigrant women at high risk for depression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada. phyllis.zelkowitz@mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Phyllis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zelkowitz
authors.forename: Joy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schinazi
authors.forename: Lilly
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Katofsky
authors.forename: Jean François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Saucier
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valenzuela
authors.forename: Ruta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Westreich
authors.forename: Joelle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dayan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological