TY  - UNPB
ID  - pittir10040
UR  - http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/10040/
A1  - Celedonia, Karen Lynn
TI  - Mindfulness-based Interventions for Antenatal Depression or Anxiety: Perspectives of Midwives
Y1  - 2010/01/28/
N2  - Antenatal depression and anxiety are significant public health problems. Birth and neonatal outcomes suffer as a result of maternal depression and anxiety during pregnancy. As such, effectively treating depression and anxiety in the expectant mother is imperative to the overall health of mother and child. Psychopharmaceuticals are effective in alleviating depressed and anxious symptoms, but the evidence of the safety of their use during pregnancy is inconclusive. Furthermore, pregnant women themselves express the desire for non-psychopharmaceutical options when deciding how to manage their depression or anxiety. Mindfulness-based interventions show promise as a non-invasive, non-pharmaceutical option for managing negative affective states. To help predict the likelihood of a successful adoption of mindfulness-based interventions, midwives' perspectives on using mindfulness in clinical settings with their depressed or anxious patients were investigated. Results indicated favorable attitudes towards using mindfulness, along with various barriers that may prevent the adoption of mindfulness in clinical settings.
AV  - public
KW  - antenatal depression; mindfulness
ER  -