Perinatal mental health
Studies of depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions in pregnancy and after birth, and their treatment.
Papers per year
Each bar is 12 months; the last one ends 17 Oct 2026. New trials in the same years: 218, 227, 247, 303, 349.
New guidelines and consensus this year
- Gestational Surrogacy in Brazil: A Position Statement of the Brazilian Association of Assisted Reproduction (SBRA)JBRA Assist Reprod2026 Oct 2
- Physical Activity: An Accessible Prescription for Perinatal Mental HealthJ Obstet Gynaecol Can2026 Sep
- Postpartum Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder: Review of Neurobiology and Expert Consensus Statement on ClassificationBiol Psychiatry2026 May 1
- Zuranolone and Brexanolone for the Treatment of Postpartum DepressionObstet Gynecol2026 Jan 1
- Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for prevention, screening and treatment of peripartum depressionBr J Psychiatry2025 Nov
All papers from the last 12 months
3,574 papers (18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026), newest first. Loading the full list…
- Trajectory of maternal perinatal negative psychological states and its association with early offspring neurodevelopment: A longitudinal cohort studyJ Affect Disord2027 Jan 1PMID 42829165
- Screening accuracy and psychometric properties of the whooley questions, Edinburgh postnatal depression scale, and patient health questionnaire-9 among pregnant womenJ Affect Disord2027 Jan 1PMID 42785387
- Impact of maternal postpartum depression on neurodevelopment of preterm infants during the first year of corrected age: A prospective longitudinal studyJ Affect Disord2027 Jan 1PMID 42778033
- Dynamic interactions between depressive and somatic symptoms following a positive psychology intervention: Evidence from a cross-lagged panel network analysisJ Affect Disord2027 Jan 1PMID 42772526RCT
- Maternal depressive symptom trajectories in the first 12 postpartum months and the associated risk correlatesJ Affect Disord2027 Jan 1PMID 42749161
- Psychosocial and structural factors associated with postpartum depressive symptoms and maternal continuum of care in Borama, Somaliland: a cross-sectional studyGlob Health Action2026 Dec 31PMID 42841544
- Maternal bonding and psychological symptoms among women with and without COVID-19 infection: a comparative cross-sectional studyJ Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol2026 Dec 31PMID 42704218
- Identification of genes and pathways associated with chronic restraint stress-induced anxiodepressive-like behaviors in female mice by transcriptomic and genome-wide DNA methylation combinational-analysisStress2026 Dec 31PMID 42671142
- Dose-response association between perinatal 25(OH)D status and postpartum depressionJ Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol2026 Dec 31PMID 42600057
- Psychological interventions to improve maternal mental health and resilience during pregnancy in the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic reviewJ Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol2026 Dec 31PMID 42578412Systematic review
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How these numbers are counted
PubMed query, searched in titles and abstracts by publication date:
("perinatal"[tiab] OR antenatal[tiab] OR postpartum[tiab] OR prenatal[tiab]) AND ("mental health"[tiab] OR depression[tiab] OR anxiety[tiab])Trials: ClinicalTrials.gov studies first submitted in each 12-month window that match the same terms. A query can miss synonyms or catch unrelated papers, so treat counts as approximate.