Perinatal Mental Health Care

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a Special Issue entitled “Perinatal Mental Health Care”. This is a collection of important high-quality peer-reviewed papers (original research articles or comprehensive review papers), published in open access form, focusing on the latest developments in perinatal mental health treatment and support (for mothers, fathers, and other partners, including same-sex couples).

In addition to novel developments in pharmaceutical treatments for perinatal mental health conditions, we also welcome papers that discuss evidence-based therapeutic options as well as other forms of treatment and care, such as peer support. While medication options have been covered quite well in the literature for this population, we feel that other forms of intervention have received less attention. We welcome research that explores treatments delivered by medical staff and other health professionals (such as midwives, health visitors, and obstetricians), as well as psychologists, counsellors, and trained support workers. We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Andrew Mayers
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Healthcare is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• perinatal mental health
• maternal mental health
• fathers’ mental health
• same-sex partners’ perinatal mental health
• treatment
• medication
• therapy
• peer support
• perinatal health professionals