Emma Molyneaux

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Emma is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Section of Women’s Mental Health at King's College London and works for the Mental Health Policy Research Unit (jointly led by KCL and UCL). She studied psychology for her undergraduate degree then completed an MSc in Mental Health Services and Population Research and a PhD in Psychiatric Epidemiology on ‘Obesity and Mental Disorders during Pregnancy’. Emma’s recent projects include working on a pilot trial of a Patient Decision Aid for Antidepressant Use in Pregnancy and leading the updates of the Cochrane Systematic Reviews on the effectiveness of antidepressants for the treatment and prevention of postnatal depression. She has a BA in Psychology from the University of Oxford and an MSc in Mental Health Services and Population Research from King’s College London. Emma is currently working on the pilot trial of a Patient Decision Aid for Antidepressant Use in Pregnancy. She is also involved in a number of systematic reviews, including a review of the relationship between maternal distress during pregnancy and infant development, which is being conducted as part of a Newton Fund collaboration with researchers from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She has also been leading the updates of the Cochrane Systematic Reviews on the effectiveness of antidepressants for the treatment and prevention of postnatal depression.

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Over 1 in 10 women have depression during pregnancy or postnatally #HopeNov20

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Emma Molyneaux writes her debut blog about a recent systematic review and meta-regression of the prevalence and incidence of perinatal depression.

We are covering the #HopeNov20 event today at parliament to raise awareness of mental health conditions during pregnancy and beyond. Search Twitter for #HopeNov20 from 1-6pm to follow the conversation.

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