Citation

Baumgartner JN, Kaaya S, Siril H. Soc. Psychiatry Psychiatr. Epidemiol. 2014; 50(3): 497-499.

Affiliation

Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Box 90392, Durham, NC, 27708, USA, jnb33@duke.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00127-014-0988-8

PMID

25409869

Abstract

The burden of perinatal mental disorders among women in low- and middle-income countries is substantial. The current integration of mental health into maternal, neonatal and child health service platforms is limited, despite global calls to prioritize such service integration. The study by Iheanacho and colleagues (2014) entitled "Integrating mental health screening into routine community maternal and child health activity: experience from a prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) trial in Nigeria" provides promising evidence about the feasibility of a church-based strategy for screening pregnant women and their partners for mental health problems through a PMTCT program.

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