Pregnant adolescent women's perceptions of depression and psychiatric services in the United States.

Problem: Adolescent mothers and their children are at high-risk for depression and the associated negative educational, social, health, and economic outcomes.

Background: However, few pregnant adolescent women with depression receive psychiatric services, especially low-income or racial/ethnic minority adolescent women.

Aim: This qualitative study explores perceptions of depression, psychiatric services, and barriers to accessing services in a sample of low-income, pregnant racial/ethnic minority adolescent women.