KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH), which saw cases of postnatal depression shoot up during the Covid-19 pandemic, has come up with a set of clinical guidelines for women that emphasise the importance of screening. This will help ensure that mental health...
More than three in five women reported that they had not received any mental health assessments or advice from their doctor.
A second KKH survey, which involved more than 50 obstetricians and gynaecologists, found that more than 90 per cent of patients rarely reported mental health concerns or symptoms during or after pregnancy. Apart from screening, the guidelines include providing mental health information and tips on lifestyle behavioural interventions targeting sleep, diet and physical activity for pregnant patients with depression or anxiety.
In Singapore, where confinement nannies are commonly hired in the first month after birth, some mothers develop postnatal depression after that period when the help ends, Prof Chen noted.
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