Mental Health during Family Formation
During the family formation phase, the sequence of events of pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare, emotional support is important. During pregnancy, obstetricians, midwives, and nurses are the professionals who provide this support. Then, from around the one-month postpartum checkup, they shift to community health nurses and pediatricians who examine the child.
Mutual communication and cooperation among these professionals is essential, and it is increasingly desirable to improve the quality of perinatal mental health care through a multidisciplinary network. To this end, we are conducting research on advanced approaches.
While childcare support after birth is of course important, we expect that support from the pregnancy period onward will be more effective in preventing abuse. We believe that it will become increasingly important to provide care not only to mothers but also to their families, including fathers.
Related Achievements
About Attachment Style Interview (ASI)
Attachment is a system of instinctive behaviors that humans are born with, an instinct to approach someone and seek a safe and secure relationship when faced with a crisis that could shake their emotional security. Attachment is key to the ability to form relationships with children, adults, and the elderly. In clinical practice and in research, it is important to know a person’s Degree of Security and attachment style. The Attachment Style Interview (ASI), developed by Professor Bifulco in the UK, is a method for assessing attachment security and style.
Attachment Style Interview Study Group
https://sites.google.com/site/attachmentstyle/home
Research related to Attachment Style in Pregnant Women
- Ikeda M, Hayashi M, Kamibeppu K. The relationship between attachment style and postpartum depression.Attachment and Human Development.2014 DOI:10.1080/14616734.2014.941884
- Ikeda M, Hayashi M, Kamibeppu K. The experience of postpartum depression among mothers with withdrawn attachment style during pregnancy and the first Open Journal of Depression, 2015, 4, 61-68
Postpartum Depression Predictive Scale Japanese version（PDPI-R-J)
This scale predicts postpartum depression and incorporates risk factors from previous studies. It can be used during pregnancy and postpartum. Please contact the following address to inform us of the name of the user and the purpose of use. We will contact you for permission and inform you how to use the scale.
Ikeda M, Kamibeppu K. Measuring the risk factors for postpartum depression: development of the Japanese version of the Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory-Revised (PDPI-R-J). BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2013; 13:112 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-13-112
Japanese version (attached separately)
Contact Person Principal Investigator Mari Ikeda（maritake-tky@umin.ac.jp)
Postpartum depression prevention program from pregnancy
- Ikeda M, Nishigaki K, Kida M, Setoyama A, Kobayashi K, Kamibeppu K. The development and feasibility study of Maternal Mental Health Promotion Program (MMHPP) for women during their pregnancy.
Worksheet materials (attached separately)
The Pregnancy Experience Scale Brief Japanese version (Japanese PES-Brief)
