# USPSTF 2019: interventions to prevent perinatal depression

Guideline · id `maternal:guideline-uspstf-2019-perinatal-depression` · Maternal & Newborn Atlas · release `c7fb95f1d15a7d13` (public)

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Browse, life stage: Pregnancy; Postpartum  
Browse, care area: Mental health  

## In plain language

The 2019 statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force on preventing depression in pregnancy and after birth. It recommends that clinicians provide or refer pregnant and postpartum people at increased risk of depression to counselling.

## Technical summary

JAMA recommendation statement, 2019, B recommendation. Only the PubMed abstract was read. The issuer is the shared USPSTF record in core, and the recommendation decision names it. The recommendation text is carried in the claim on the counselling page. The guideline's source is the USPSTF final recommendation statement page, which gives the statement date that the recommendation decisions use; the JAMA statement stays cited in the claims.

## Connected pages

- Issued by the US Preventive Services Task Force: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (`core:uspstf`)

## Provenance

Content hash: 90f0f443f926eb689e4afc8cd86d71b38efc20b7ccd197b93e787dd781a63fbf
Last substantive edit: 2026-10-14
Evidence last checked: 2026-10-14