title: Care for Postpartum Depression: What Do Women and Their Partners Prefer?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the preferences of those who accept a mental health assessment and those who do not.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty couples participated in a qualitative study. Nineteen couples accepted a mental health assessment and 11 declined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Acceptors wanted more contact with professionals. Decliners preferred support from their informal network, parental leave, and exercise. However, acceptors also cited these preferences.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses should tailor care to couples' preferences, helping them identify and utilize preferred resources. Mental health care might be more acceptable to decliners if provided in obstetrical care.
authors.affiliation: Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.|Centre for Nursing Research and Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Feeley
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.affiliation: Perinatal Mental Health Service, Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hayton
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.|Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Phyllis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zelkowitz
authors.affiliation: Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Marie-Eve
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Carrier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D057240:Patient Preference / Q000523:psychology*; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000592:standards*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012944:Social Support
keywords: Couple; depression; patient preference; perinatal care; treatment