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Creating a Multisite Perinatal Psychiatry Databank: Purpose and Development

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  • Wid Kattan

    (Division of Psychiatry, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia)

  • Laura Avigan

    (Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada)

  • Barbara Hayton

    (Perinatal Mental Health Service, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada)

  • Jennifer L. Barkin

    (Community Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207, USA)

  • Martin St-André

    (Perinatal and Early Childhood Psychiatry Clinic, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1C5, Canada)

  • Tuong-Vi Nguyen

    (Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
    Department Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University, Montréal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
    Ludmer Center for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health Reproductive Psychiatry Clinic, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC), MUHC, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada)

  • Hannah Schwartz

    (Department of Psychiatry, St. Mary’s Hospital Center, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3T 1M5, Canada)

  • Marie-Josée Poulin

    (Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec, Quebec, QC G1J 2G3, Canada
    Centre intégré universitaire en santé et services sociaux de la capitale nationale (CIUSSSCN), Quebec, QC G1C 3S2, Canada)

  • Irena Stikarovska

    (DHU Ste-Justine, University of Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada)

  • Rahel Wolde-Giorghis

    (Department of Psychiatry, University of Montréal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada)

  • Maria Arafah

    (Department of Pathology, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia)

  • Phyllis Zelkowitz

    (Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
    Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada)

Abstract

Mental health issues during the perinatal period are common; up to 29% of pregnant and 15% of postpartum women meet psychiatric diagnostic criteria. Despite its ubiquity, little is known about the longitudinal trajectories of perinatal psychiatric illness. This paper describes a collaboration among six perinatal mental health services in Quebec, Canada, to create an electronic databank that captures longitudinal patient data over the course of the perinatal period. The collaborating sites met to identify research interests and to select a standardized set of variables to be collected during clinical appointments. Procedures were implemented for creating a databank that serves both research and clinical purposes. The resulting databank allows pregnant and postpartum patients to complete self-report questionnaires on medical and psychosocial variables during their intake appointment in conjunction with their clinicians who fill in relevant medical information. All participants are followed until 6 months postpartum. The databank represents an opportunity to examine illness trajectories and to study rare mental disorders and the relationship between biological and psychosocial variables.

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  • Wid Kattan & Laura Avigan & Barbara Hayton & Jennifer L. Barkin & Martin St-André & Tuong-Vi Nguyen & Hannah Schwartz & Marie-Josée Poulin & Irena Stikarovska & Rahel Wolde-Giorghis & Maria Arafah & P, 2020. "Creating a Multisite Perinatal Psychiatry Databank: Purpose and Development," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(24), pages 1-15, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:24:p:9352-:d:461942
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