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. 2025 Apr 25;22(5):684.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph22050684.

The Perinatal Multisite Psychiatry Databank: A Cohort Update

Mariane Aumais  1 , Francois Freddy Ateba  2 , Rahel Wolde-Giorghis  3   4   5 , Kathelijne Keeren  2 , Barbara Hayton  3   6 , Sawsan Kalache  3   6 , Isabelle Collin  6 , Hannah Schwartz  3   7 , Kirsten Gust  3   7 , Marie-Josée Poulin  8 , Andréanne Wassef  5   9 , Katherine Tardif  10 , Martin St-André  5   11 , Irena Stikarovska  5   11 , Phyllis Zelkowitz  2   3   6 , Catherine M Herba  5   12   13 , Eszter Szekely  2   3
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The Perinatal Multisite Psychiatry Databank: A Cohort Update

Mariane Aumais et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

The Perinatal Multisite Databank (PMD) aims at facilitating research on perinatal mental health by collecting clinical information of patients referred for evaluations at perinatal mental health clinics across the province of Quebec, Canada with the potential to improve patient care and support evidence-based practice. This study provides a detailed description of the first 693 participants concerning psychosocial risk characteristics, the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and comorbidity during the perinatal period, the evolution of perinatal depression and anxiety symptoms over time, and the treatments received. Data were collected using clinical reports and well-validated questionnaires at multiple timepoints (from pregnancy to 6 months postpartum). Results are discussed within the context of improving patient care and disease prevention strategies in the perinatal period.

Keywords: anxiety; cohort; depression; maternal health services; mental health; peripartum period; postpartum; pregnancy; psychiatry.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results.

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Personal psychiatric history (N = 693).
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Figure 2
Family history of psychiatric disorder(s) (N = 693).
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Figure 3
Number of comorbidities.
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Figure 4
Depressive symptoms (EPDS scores) at the different assessment points.
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Figure 5
Anxiety symptoms (GAD-7 scores) at the different assessment points.
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