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Postpartum mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based, repeated cross-sectional study
Simone N. Vigod, Hilary K. Brown, Anjie Huang, Kinwah Fung, Lucy C. Barker, Neesha Hussain-Shamsy, Elisabeth Wright, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Sophie Grigoriadis, Peter Gozdyra, Daniel Corsi, Mark Walker and Rahim Moineddin
CMAJ June 07, 2021 193 (23) E835-E843; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.210151
Simone N. Vigod
Women’s College Research Institute (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright), Women’s College Hospital; Department of Psychiatry (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright, Grigoriadis), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Vigod, Brown, Huang, Fung, Barker, Gozdyra, Moineddin); Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Hussain-Shamsy, Moineddin), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Dennis), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Grigoriadis), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Corsi, Walker), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family & Community Medicine (Moineddin), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MDHilary K. Brown
Women’s College Research Institute (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright), Women’s College Hospital; Department of Psychiatry (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright, Grigoriadis), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Vigod, Brown, Huang, Fung, Barker, Gozdyra, Moineddin); Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Hussain-Shamsy, Moineddin), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Dennis), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Grigoriadis), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Corsi, Walker), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family & Community Medicine (Moineddin), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
PhDAnjie Huang
Women’s College Research Institute (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright), Women’s College Hospital; Department of Psychiatry (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright, Grigoriadis), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Vigod, Brown, Huang, Fung, Barker, Gozdyra, Moineddin); Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Hussain-Shamsy, Moineddin), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Dennis), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Grigoriadis), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Corsi, Walker), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family & Community Medicine (Moineddin), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MScKinwah Fung
Women’s College Research Institute (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright), Women’s College Hospital; Department of Psychiatry (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright, Grigoriadis), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Vigod, Brown, Huang, Fung, Barker, Gozdyra, Moineddin); Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Hussain-Shamsy, Moineddin), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Dennis), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Grigoriadis), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Corsi, Walker), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family & Community Medicine (Moineddin), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MScLucy C. Barker
Women’s College Research Institute (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright), Women’s College Hospital; Department of Psychiatry (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright, Grigoriadis), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Vigod, Brown, Huang, Fung, Barker, Gozdyra, Moineddin); Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Hussain-Shamsy, Moineddin), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Dennis), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Grigoriadis), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Corsi, Walker), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family & Community Medicine (Moineddin), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MDNeesha Hussain-Shamsy
Women’s College Research Institute (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright), Women’s College Hospital; Department of Psychiatry (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright, Grigoriadis), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Vigod, Brown, Huang, Fung, Barker, Gozdyra, Moineddin); Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Hussain-Shamsy, Moineddin), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Dennis), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Grigoriadis), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Corsi, Walker), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family & Community Medicine (Moineddin), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MScElisabeth Wright
Women’s College Research Institute (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright), Women’s College Hospital; Department of Psychiatry (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright, Grigoriadis), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Vigod, Brown, Huang, Fung, Barker, Gozdyra, Moineddin); Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Hussain-Shamsy, Moineddin), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Dennis), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Grigoriadis), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Corsi, Walker), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family & Community Medicine (Moineddin), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MDCindy-Lee Dennis
Women’s College Research Institute (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright), Women’s College Hospital; Department of Psychiatry (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright, Grigoriadis), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Vigod, Brown, Huang, Fung, Barker, Gozdyra, Moineddin); Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Hussain-Shamsy, Moineddin), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Dennis), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Grigoriadis), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Corsi, Walker), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family & Community Medicine (Moineddin), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
PhDSophie Grigoriadis
Women’s College Research Institute (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright), Women’s College Hospital; Department of Psychiatry (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright, Grigoriadis), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Vigod, Brown, Huang, Fung, Barker, Gozdyra, Moineddin); Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Hussain-Shamsy, Moineddin), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Dennis), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Grigoriadis), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Corsi, Walker), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family & Community Medicine (Moineddin), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MDPeter Gozdyra
Women’s College Research Institute (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright), Women’s College Hospital; Department of Psychiatry (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright, Grigoriadis), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Vigod, Brown, Huang, Fung, Barker, Gozdyra, Moineddin); Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Hussain-Shamsy, Moineddin), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Dennis), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Grigoriadis), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Corsi, Walker), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family & Community Medicine (Moineddin), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MADaniel Corsi
Women’s College Research Institute (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright), Women’s College Hospital; Department of Psychiatry (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright, Grigoriadis), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Vigod, Brown, Huang, Fung, Barker, Gozdyra, Moineddin); Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Hussain-Shamsy, Moineddin), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Dennis), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Grigoriadis), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Corsi, Walker), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family & Community Medicine (Moineddin), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
PhDMark Walker
Women’s College Research Institute (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright), Women’s College Hospital; Department of Psychiatry (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright, Grigoriadis), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Vigod, Brown, Huang, Fung, Barker, Gozdyra, Moineddin); Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Hussain-Shamsy, Moineddin), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Dennis), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Grigoriadis), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Corsi, Walker), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family & Community Medicine (Moineddin), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MDRahim Moineddin
Women’s College Research Institute (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright), Women’s College Hospital; Department of Psychiatry (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Wright, Grigoriadis), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; ICES Central (Vigod, Brown, Huang, Fung, Barker, Gozdyra, Moineddin); Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Vigod, Brown, Barker, Hussain-Shamsy, Moineddin), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Dennis), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Grigoriadis), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Corsi, Walker), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family & Community Medicine (Moineddin), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Postpartum mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based, repeated cross-sectional study
Simone N. Vigod, Hilary K. Brown, Anjie Huang, Kinwah Fung, Lucy C. Barker, Neesha Hussain-Shamsy, Elisabeth Wright, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Sophie Grigoriadis, Peter Gozdyra, Daniel Corsi, Mark Walker, Rahim Moineddin
CMAJ Jun 2021, 193 (23) E835-E843; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.210151
Postpartum mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based, repeated cross-sectional study
Simone N. Vigod, Hilary K. Brown, Anjie Huang, Kinwah Fung, Lucy C. Barker, Neesha Hussain-Shamsy, Elisabeth Wright, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Sophie Grigoriadis, Peter Gozdyra, Daniel Corsi, Mark Walker, Rahim Moineddin
CMAJ Jun 2021, 193 (23) E835-E843; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.210151
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