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Prevalence of depression during pregnancy: systematic review.

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Rates of depression, especially during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, are substantial, and clinical and economic studies to estimate maternal and fetal consequences are needed.
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This article is published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.The article was published on 2004-04-01. It has received 1563 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Antenatal depression & Perinatal Depression.

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Perinatal depression: a systematic review of prevalence and incidence.

TL;DR: To better delineate periods of peak prevalence and incidence for perinatal depression and identify high risk subpopulations, studies with larger and more representative samples are needed.
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Prenatal and Postpartum Depression in Fathers and Its Association With Maternal Depression: A Meta-analysis

TL;DR: Prenatal and postpartum depression was evident in about 10% of men in the reviewed studies and was relatively higher in the 3- to 6-month post partum period, and paternal depression showed a moderate positive correlation with maternal depression.
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Psychiatric disorders in pregnant and postpartum women in the United States.

TL;DR: Pregnancy per se is not associated with increased risk of the most prevalent mental disorders, although the risk of major depressive disorder may be increased during the postpartum period.
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The increasing burden of depression

TL;DR: An overview of how depression affects the quality of life of the subject and is also a huge burden for both the family of the depressed patient and for society at large is presented.
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Identifying the women at risk of antenatal anxiety and depression: A systematic review.

TL;DR: The administration of a screening tool to identify women at risk of anxiety and depression during pregnancy should be universal practice in order to promote the long-term wellbeing of mothers and babies, and the knowledge of specific risk factors may help creating such screening tool targeting women at higher risk.
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Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

TL;DR: Funnel plots, plots of the trials' effect estimates against sample size, are skewed and asymmetrical in the presence of publication bias and other biases Funnel plot asymmetry, measured by regression analysis, predicts discordance of results when meta-analyses are compared with single large trials.
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Operating characteristics of a rank correlation test for publication bias.

TL;DR: In this paper, an adjusted rank correlation test is proposed as a technique for identifying publication bias in a meta-analysis, and its operating characteristics are evaluated via simulations, and the test statistic is a direct statistical analogue of the popular funnel-graph.
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Lifetime and 12-Month Prevalence of DSM-III-R Psychiatric Disorders in the United States: Results From the National Comorbidity Survey

TL;DR: The prevalence of psychiatric disorders is greater than previously thought to be the case, and morbidity is more highly concentrated than previously recognized in roughly one sixth of the population who have a history of three or more comorbid disorders.
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The epidemiology of major depressive disorder: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R).

TL;DR: Notably, major depressive disorder is a common disorder, widely distributed in the population, and usually associated with substantial symptom severity and role impairment, and while the recent increase in treatment is encouraging, inadequate treatment is a serious concern.
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