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This study aims to evaluate the clinical profiles of psychiatric patients and the interventions provided in a specialist perinatal clinic.

Clinical Challenges in Mental Health Presentations and Interventions during the Perinatal Period: A Cross-sectional, Retrospective Record-based Study in a Specialist Perinatal Clinic

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This study aims to evaluate the clinical profiles of psychiatric patients and the interventions provided in a specialist perinatal clinic.
Data were collected from electronic case records of 30 antenatal and 30 postnatal patients.
Patients attended perinatal psychiatry outpatient clinics across two cities in England.
Information on diagnoses, prescriptions, and received interventions was gathered.
Most common diagnoses included mixed anxiety and depression (40.0%) and emotionally unstable personality disorder (35.0%).
71.7% of patients were prescribed regular psychiatric medications, with 56.7% receiving antidepressants.
38.3% of patients received antipsychotic drugs, particularly aripiprazole and quetiapine.
78.3% received verbal information about medications and 35.0% received written information.

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This cross-sectional study assesses psychiatric profiles and interventions in a perinatal clinic, highlighting areas for improvement.

McWilliam et al. (2026) studied this question.

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