Opening the door: midwives' perceptions of two models of psychosocial assessment in pregnancy- a mixed methods study

• Main Authors: V. Schmied (Author), N. Reilly (Author), E. Black (Author), D. Kingston (Author), K. Talcevska (Author), V. Mule (Author), M-P Austin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background One in five women experience psychological distress in the perinatal period. To support women appropriately, Australian guidelines recommend routine depression screening and psychosocial risk assessment by midwives in pregnancy. However, there is some evidence that current screen...