"Myth #1: Postpartum depression is the only pregnancy-related mental health disorder Although postpartum depression is the most frequently discussed, there is a range of mental health disorders known as Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs). A person can experience one or more PMADs: Secondly, the onset for these disorders isn't just during the postpartum period. Symptoms can be present during or anytime during the first year after childbirth."
"PMADs are the most common complication associated with pregnancy and childbirth. 1 in 5 moms experience a perinatal mental health disorder during pregnancy or postpartum. Rates of PMADs for dads and non-gestational partners are around 1 in 10. Mood complications for parents by adoption or surrogacy reflect a similar rate of postpartum depression for parents by birth (1 in 7 for moms and 1 in 10 for dads)."
Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) encompass a range of pregnancy-related mental health disorders beyond postpartum depression, with onset during pregnancy or within the first postpartum year. PMADs can present as one or more conditions affecting any parent, including gestational and non-gestational partners and adoptive or surrogacy parents. Approximately one in five mothers and one in ten fathers or non-gestational partners experience PMADs, with similar rates for adoptive or surrogacy parents. PMADs are the most common complication of pregnancy and childbirth yet frequently go undetected and untreated. Safe, effective evidence-based therapies and psychopharmacological treatments are available.
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