Collaborative research from all WGs:
Fonseca, A.*, Ganho-Ávila, A.*, Lambregtse-van den Berg, M.*, Lupatelli, A.*, Rodriguez-Muñoz, M. de la F.*, Ferreira, P.*, Radoš, S. N.*, & Bina, R.* (2020). Emerging issues and questions on peripartum depression prevention, diagnosis and treatment: A consensus report from the COST Action RISEUP-PPD. Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.112
Impact factor: 4.084
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Collaborative research from WG1:
Motrico, E., Conejo-Cerón, S., Martín-Gómez, C., Gómez-Gómez, I., Fonseca, A., & Moreno-Peral, P. (2021). Effectiveness of web-based and mobile-based psychological interventions to prevent perinatal depression: Study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Internet Interventions, 26, 100471.
Branquinho, M., de la Fe Rodriguez-Muñoz, M., Maia, B. R., Marques, M., Matos, M., Osma, J., ... & Vousoura, E. (2021). Effectiveness of psychological interventions in the treatment of perinatal depression: A systematic review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.05.010
Kittel-Schneider, S., Felice, E., Buhagiar, R., Lambregtse-van den Berg, M., Wilson, C. A., Banjac Baljak, V., ... & Lupattelli, A. (2022). Treatment of Peripartum Depression with Antidepressants and Other Psychotropic Medications: A Synthesis of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Europe. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(4), 1973. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19041973
Branquinho, M., Shakeel, N., Horsch, A., & Fonseca, A. (2022). Frontline health professionals’ perinatal depression literacy: A systematic review. Midwifery, 103365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2022.103365
Research from COVID-19 Taskforce:
Hadjigeorgiou, E., Vogazianos, P., Christofi, M. D., Motrico, E., Domínguez-Salas, S., Mesquita, A. R., & Christoforou, A. (2022). Experiences, concerns, and needs of pregnant and postpartum women during the Covid-19 pandemic in Cyprus: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-05017-y
Motrico Martínez, E., Domínguez Salas, S., Rodríguez Domínguez, C., Gómez Gómez, I., Rodríguez Muñoz, M. D. L. F., & Gomez Baya, D. (2022). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal depression and anxiety: a large cross-sectional study in Spain. Psicothema, 34(2), 200-208. https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2021.380
Mateus, V., Cruz, S., Costa, R., Mesquita, A., Christoforou, A., Wilson, C. A., ... & Osório, A. (2022). Rates of depressive and anxiety symptoms in the perinatal period during the COVID-19 pandemic: Comparisons between countries and with pre-pandemic data. Journal of Affective Disorders, 316, 245-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.08.017
Mateus, V., Bina, R., Bramante, A., Felice, E., Kalcev, G., Mauri, M., Mesquita, A., & Motrico, E. (2022). Psychopathology and COVID-19 Pandemic in the Perinatal Period. In Percudani, M., Bramante, A., Brenna, V., Pariante, C. (eds), Key Topics in Perinatal Mental Health. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91832-3_32
Wilson, C. A., Gómez-Gómez, I., Parsons, J., Costa, R., Mesquita, A., Vousoura, E., ... & Motrico, E. (2022). The mental health of women with gestational diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international cross-sectional survey. Journal of Women’s Health. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2021.0584
Alfayumi-Zeadna, S., Bina, R., Levy, D., Merzbach, R., & Zeadna, A. (2022). Elevated Perinatal Depression during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Study among Jewish and Arab Women in Israel. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(2), 349. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11020349
Motrico, E., Bina, R., Domínguez-Salas, S., Mateus, V., Contreras-García, Y., Carrasco-Portiño, M., ... & Mesquita, A. (2021). Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health (Riseup-PPD-COVID-19): protocol for an international prospective cohort study. BMC public health, 21(1), 1-11. Read more
Motrico, E., Mateus, V., Bina, R., Felice, E., Bramante, A., Kalcev, G., ... & Mesquita, A. (2020). Good practices in perinatal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a report from task-force RISEUP-PPD COVID-19. Clínica y Salud, 31(3), 155-160.
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Mateus, Vera; Bina, Rena; Bramante, Alessandra; Felice, Ethel; Kalcev, Goce; Mauri, Mauro; Mesquita, Ana; & Motrico, Emma. (2022). Psychopathology and COVID-19 Pandemic in the Perinatal Period". In Key Topics in Perinatal Mental Health (pp. 471-485). Springer, Cham.
Wilson, Claire A; Irene Gómez-Gómez; Judith Parsons; Raquel Costa; Ana Mesquita; Eleni Vousoura; Yolanda Contreras-García; et al. (2022). The mental health of women with gestational diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international cross-sectional survey". Journal of Women’s Health.
Research from Guidelines Taskforce:
Motrico E, Moreno-Peral P, Uriko K, Hancheva C, Anđelinović M, Ajaz E, Apter G, Bramante A, Cerón SC, Christoforou A, Dikmen-Yildiz P, Evagorou O, Fonseca A, Lupatteli A, Radoš SN, Al Maach N, Rodriguez-Muñoz MF, Žutić M, Lambregtse-van den Berg MP. (2022). Clinical practice guidelines with recommendations for peripartum depression: A European systematic review. Acta Psychiatr Scand. doi: 10.1111/acps.13478.
Research from RiseupPPD and DEVOTION collaborative project:
Radoš SN, Motrico E, Mesquita AM, Ganho-Avila A, Vousoura E, & Lalor J. (2020). Changes in perinatal mental healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: a protocol for a collaborative research study between the COST actions RISEUP-PPD and DEVOTION. BMJ Open,12, e052411. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052411
Fonseca, A.*, Ganho-Ávila, A.*, Lambregtse-van den Berg, M.*, Lupatelli, A.*, Rodriguez-Muñoz, M. de la F.*, Ferreira, P.*, Radoš, S. N.*, & Bina, R.* (2020). Emerging issues and questions on peripartum depression prevention, diagnosis and treatment: A consensus report from the COST Action RISEUP-PPD. Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.112
Impact factor: 4.084
Read more
Collaborative research from WG1:
Motrico, E., Conejo-Cerón, S., Martín-Gómez, C., Gómez-Gómez, I., Fonseca, A., & Moreno-Peral, P. (2021). Effectiveness of web-based and mobile-based psychological interventions to prevent perinatal depression: Study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Internet Interventions, 26, 100471.
Branquinho, M., de la Fe Rodriguez-Muñoz, M., Maia, B. R., Marques, M., Matos, M., Osma, J., ... & Vousoura, E. (2021). Effectiveness of psychological interventions in the treatment of perinatal depression: A systematic review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.05.010
Kittel-Schneider, S., Felice, E., Buhagiar, R., Lambregtse-van den Berg, M., Wilson, C. A., Banjac Baljak, V., ... & Lupattelli, A. (2022). Treatment of Peripartum Depression with Antidepressants and Other Psychotropic Medications: A Synthesis of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Europe. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(4), 1973. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19041973
Branquinho, M., Shakeel, N., Horsch, A., & Fonseca, A. (2022). Frontline health professionals’ perinatal depression literacy: A systematic review. Midwifery, 103365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2022.103365
Research from COVID-19 Taskforce:
Hadjigeorgiou, E., Vogazianos, P., Christofi, M. D., Motrico, E., Domínguez-Salas, S., Mesquita, A. R., & Christoforou, A. (2022). Experiences, concerns, and needs of pregnant and postpartum women during the Covid-19 pandemic in Cyprus: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-05017-y
Motrico Martínez, E., Domínguez Salas, S., Rodríguez Domínguez, C., Gómez Gómez, I., Rodríguez Muñoz, M. D. L. F., & Gomez Baya, D. (2022). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal depression and anxiety: a large cross-sectional study in Spain. Psicothema, 34(2), 200-208. https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2021.380
Mateus, V., Cruz, S., Costa, R., Mesquita, A., Christoforou, A., Wilson, C. A., ... & Osório, A. (2022). Rates of depressive and anxiety symptoms in the perinatal period during the COVID-19 pandemic: Comparisons between countries and with pre-pandemic data. Journal of Affective Disorders, 316, 245-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.08.017
Mateus, V., Bina, R., Bramante, A., Felice, E., Kalcev, G., Mauri, M., Mesquita, A., & Motrico, E. (2022). Psychopathology and COVID-19 Pandemic in the Perinatal Period. In Percudani, M., Bramante, A., Brenna, V., Pariante, C. (eds), Key Topics in Perinatal Mental Health. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91832-3_32
Wilson, C. A., Gómez-Gómez, I., Parsons, J., Costa, R., Mesquita, A., Vousoura, E., ... & Motrico, E. (2022). The mental health of women with gestational diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international cross-sectional survey. Journal of Women’s Health. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2021.0584
Alfayumi-Zeadna, S., Bina, R., Levy, D., Merzbach, R., & Zeadna, A. (2022). Elevated Perinatal Depression during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Study among Jewish and Arab Women in Israel. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(2), 349. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11020349
Motrico, E., Bina, R., Domínguez-Salas, S., Mateus, V., Contreras-García, Y., Carrasco-Portiño, M., ... & Mesquita, A. (2021). Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health (Riseup-PPD-COVID-19): protocol for an international prospective cohort study. BMC public health, 21(1), 1-11. Read more
Motrico, E., Mateus, V., Bina, R., Felice, E., Bramante, A., Kalcev, G., ... & Mesquita, A. (2020). Good practices in perinatal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a report from task-force RISEUP-PPD COVID-19. Clínica y Salud, 31(3), 155-160.
Read more
Mateus, Vera; Bina, Rena; Bramante, Alessandra; Felice, Ethel; Kalcev, Goce; Mauri, Mauro; Mesquita, Ana; & Motrico, Emma. (2022). Psychopathology and COVID-19 Pandemic in the Perinatal Period". In Key Topics in Perinatal Mental Health (pp. 471-485). Springer, Cham.
Wilson, Claire A; Irene Gómez-Gómez; Judith Parsons; Raquel Costa; Ana Mesquita; Eleni Vousoura; Yolanda Contreras-García; et al. (2022). The mental health of women with gestational diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international cross-sectional survey". Journal of Women’s Health.
Research from Guidelines Taskforce:
Motrico E, Moreno-Peral P, Uriko K, Hancheva C, Anđelinović M, Ajaz E, Apter G, Bramante A, Cerón SC, Christoforou A, Dikmen-Yildiz P, Evagorou O, Fonseca A, Lupatteli A, Radoš SN, Al Maach N, Rodriguez-Muñoz MF, Žutić M, Lambregtse-van den Berg MP. (2022). Clinical practice guidelines with recommendations for peripartum depression: A European systematic review. Acta Psychiatr Scand. doi: 10.1111/acps.13478.
Research from RiseupPPD and DEVOTION collaborative project:
Radoš SN, Motrico E, Mesquita AM, Ganho-Avila A, Vousoura E, & Lalor J. (2020). Changes in perinatal mental healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: a protocol for a collaborative research study between the COST actions RISEUP-PPD and DEVOTION. BMJ Open,12, e052411. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052411
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Fonseca, A., Ganho-Ávila, A., Lambregtse-van den Berg, M., Lupatelli, A., de la Fé Rodriguez-Muñoz, M., Ferreira, P., ... & Bina, R. (2020). Emerging issues and questions on peripartum depression prevention, diagnosis and treatment: a consensus report from the cost action Riseup-PPD. Journal of Affective Disorders, 274, 167-173.
Background: Peripartum depression [PPD] is a public health problem which has been widely studied. Nonetheless, study findings and clinical guidelines for PPD treatment differ among countries and the condition is still underdiagnosed and undertreated, suggesting the importance of a global understanding of PPD. The Riseup-PPD Cost Action aims to establish a Pan-European and multidisciplinary network of researchers dedicated to the global understanding of PPD.
Methods: A literature search was performed in different databases (e.g., Medline, PsychInfo) including a combination of terms related with PPD diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cost-effectiveness of its management. A narrative synthesis of the literature, together with a critical overview of the current issues/questions to be addressed within the topic of PPD were performed.
Results: Emerging issues include challenges regarding definition and timing of PPD; heterogeneity in severity, timing of onset and assessment tools; comparative effectiveness of preventive and treatment interventions; help seeking for PPD; improving health professional's awareness of PPD; and cost-effectiveness of PPD management.
Limitations: The main limitation is the non-systematic nature of the literature search.
Conclusions: The Riseup-PPD network will deal with these challenges through four lines of action: (1)provide an updated and comprehensive synthesis of existing knowledge that can contribute to inform clinical recommendations and guidelines for PPD management; (2) clarify inconsistent findings concerning diagnosis, prevention and treatment of PPD; (3) develop new lines of research in the field of PPD; and (4) develop international recommendations for PPD diagnosis, prevention and treatment, ultimately influencing maternal mental health policymaking at global and local levels.
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