Stratifying Risk for Postpartum Depression at Time of Hospital Discharge.

Journal: The American journal of psychiatry
Published Date: Jun 1, 2025

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Postpartum depression (PPD) is a major contributor to postpartum morbidity and mortality. Beyond efforts at routine screening, risk stratification models could enable more targeted interventions in settings with limited resources. The authors sought to develop and estimate the performance of a generalizable risk stratification model for PPD in patients without a history of depression, using information collected as part of routine clinical care.

Authors

  • Mark A Clapp
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. mark.clapp@mgh.harvard.edu.
  • Victor M Castro
  • Pilar Verhaak
  • Thomas H McCoy
    Center for Quantitative Health, Department of Psychiatry and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Electronic address: thmccoy@partners.org.
  • Lydia L Shook
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Clapp, Shook, Edlow) and Center for Quantitative Health and Department of Psychiatry (Castro, Verhaak, McCoy, Perlis), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston; Research Information Science and Computing, Mass General Brigham, Somerville, MA (Castro).
  • Andrea G Edlow
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Clapp, Shook, Edlow) and Center for Quantitative Health and Department of Psychiatry (Castro, Verhaak, McCoy, Perlis), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston; Research Information Science and Computing, Mass General Brigham, Somerville, MA (Castro).
  • Roy H Perlis
    Center for Quantitative Health, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

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