Consensus statement on Singapore Perinatal Mental Health Guidelines on Depression and Anxiety.

Introduction: Perinatal depression and anxiety are public health concerns affecting approximately 1 in 10 women in Singapore, with clear evidence of association with various adverse outcomes in mother and child, including low birthweight, preterm birth and negative impact on infant neurodevelopment, temperament and behaviour. A workgroup was formed to develop recommendations to address the perinatal mental health needs of women with depression and anxiety. The approach was broad-based and aimed to incorporate holistic methods that would be readily applicable to the network of care providers supporting childbearing women.

The Postnatal Depression Intervention Program "PNDIP": A 10-year review.

The Postnatal Depression Intervention Program is a screening program looking at postnatal depression in newly delivered mothers at KK Hospital in Singapore. The primary objective of the paper is to evaluate the outcomes based on changes in scores from baseline to end of intervention with reference to depressive symptoms, using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and overall functioning based on the Global Assessment of Functioning. These changes were found to be statistically significant.