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Arch Womens Ment Health
; 24(4): 681-686, 2021 08.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33638708
RESUMO
Infodemiological studies derive public health information from internet activity. Here we compare Google searches of perinatal mental health-related terms during the U.K.'s first COVID-19 lockdown with the corresponding period in 2019. We report evidence of reduced pathologising/recognition of perinatal mental illness; increased perceived maternal inadequacy and estrangement from newborn baby; increased maternal domestic abuse; and increased domestic and substance abuse generally. These insights offer important population-level considerations ahead of further U.K. restrictions, and should be imminently confirmed with epidemiological work.