Psychosocial risk factors for depression during pregnancy

Abstract

The highest prevalence of depressive disorders was found in the first trimester, the lowest in mid-pregnancy. Several determinants (unwanted and unplanned pregnancy, high neuroticism) were independent predictors of antenatal depressive disorders throughout whole pregnancy, while other determinants (low education, previous history of depression, the occurrence of psychosocial stressors at the end of pregnancy) were trimester specific.