KKH registered a 47 per cent rise in cases of postnatal depression between April 2021 and March 2022, compared with April 2019 to March 2020. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – The KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital , which saw cases of postnatal depression shoot up during the pandemic, has come up with a set of clinical guidelines for women that emphasise the importance of screening.
Before Covid-19, postnatal depression affected one in 14 women in Singapore, and antenatal depression impacted one in eight women. 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. “We want to make sure that women are screened for postnatal depression, particularly in the first three months after birth” and preferably throughout the first year after birth, she added.
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