Psychological Help-seeking Needs of Pregnant and Postpartum Women at High Risk of Perinatal Depression:A Qualitative Study
Objective To understand the psychological help-seeking needs of pregnant and postpartum women at high risk of perinatal depression,so as to provide reference for the development of targeted emo-tional management plans for pregnant and postpartum women in the clinical practice.Methods From July 2022 to February 2023,a purposive sampling method was used to conduct semi-structured interviews with pregnant and postpartum women from obstetric clinics and wards of two tertiary A hospitals in Zhongshan City,Guangdong Province,and the data were analyzed by Colaizzi 7-steps analysis method.Results A total of three themes(10 sub themes)were extracted:(l)lack of psychological help resources(insufficient pub-licity of medical insurance policies,inadequate provision of medical facilities,and limited community psy-chological service);(2)difference in psychological help-seeking concepts(cognitive help-seeking bias,doubts about help-seeking effect,and weak help-seeking awareness);(3)diversity of psychological help-see-king needs(urgency of family support,desire for information,and trend to seek professional help,flexible choices).Conclusions Psychological health personnel need to focus on the psychological help-seeking needs of pregnant and postpartum women at high risk of depression during the perinatal period,increase re-sources for psychological help,strengthen the guidance of correct concepts,and promote the development of multi-dimensional emotional management plans.
pregnant and postpartum womenperinatal depressionpsychological helpneedqualitative study
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