If you do not specialise in maternal mental health, these guides will allow you to familiarise yourself with maternal mental health conditions. It will illuminate some conditions you may have heard about.

If you do work in maternal mental health, you may know of all of the following conditions. However, you may not have come across a facts we have added about prevalence rates or differences in symptomology or treatment in the south Asian community.

Antenatal depression

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• Identifying the women at risk of antenatal anxiety and depression: A systematic review By Biaggi A. et al

• Prevalence of antenatal depression in South Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis By Mahendran R. et al

• Burden of antenatal depression and its risk factors in Indian settings: A systematic review By Arora P, & Aeri BT

• Prenatal Maternal Anxiety in South Asia: A Rapid Best-Fit Framework Synthesis By Bright K.S et al

• Culturally-adapted cognitive behavioural therapy based intervention for maternal depression: a mixed-methods feasibility study By Khan S., et al

Maternal mental health needs more attention across the board. Across all cultures, countries and continents, mothers are not given the value they deserve. They're always placed second to their child, second to their partner (if in a heteronormative relationship). Their worth and mental health has been ignored for far too long.

In these tools and literature below, we explore the impact of the south Asian culture and south Asian practices on mothers and their mental health. We also provide information into key conditions along with culturally appropriate interventions for therapy.

Prevalence and associated factors of depressive and anxiety symptoms during pregnancy: A population based study in rural Bangladesh By Nasreen H.E et al

Silent Trauma in South Asian Mothers​

An overview of maternal mental health conditions

• Antenatal depression

Understanding the lived experiences of severe postnatal psychiatric illnesses in English speaking South Asian women, living in the UK By Sihre H.K.

Culturally adapted interventions for postnatal depression

• Cognitive behaviour therapy-based intervention by community health workers for mothers with depression and their infants in rural Pakistan: a cluster-randomised controlled trial By Atif Rahman

• Challenges and opportunities in developing a psychological intervention for perinatal depression in rural Pakistan – a multi-method study By Atif Rahman

• Culturally-adapted cognitive behavioural therapy based intervention for maternal depression: a mixed-methods feasibility study By Khan S

• Exploratory randomized controlled trial of a group psychological intervention for postnatal depression in British mothers of South Asian origin By Husain N et al

• Group psychological intervention for postnatal depression: a nested qualitative study with British South Asian women By Masood Y et al

• Group psychological intervention for maternal depression: A nested qualitative study from Karachi, Pakistan By Husain N et al

• Multicentre randomised controlled trial of a group psychological intervention for postnatal depression in British mothers of South Asian origin (ROSHNI-2): study protocol By Atif N et al

• “Someone like us”: Delivering maternal mental health through peers in two South Asian contexts By Singla D et al

Trauma happens. Whether we speak about it or not. Mothers across all cultures have been silenced for a long time and made to feel weak or as if they're a bad mother if they are struggling with their mental health.

Below are some factors which influence trauma in south Asian women and mothers specifically. This guide explores the influence acculturation can have on both mothers and grandmothers.

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