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. 2021 Feb 2;136:157–166. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.01.048

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Fig. 4 — Prevalence of clinically relevant depression and anxiety compared to pre-pandemic prevalence meta-analytic reviews *†

*Depression prevalence (EPDS) compared to a meta-analytic review of 16 studies (N =

49,446) examining national postpartum depression prevalence in the UK (EPDS; prevalence estimate used =

16%, Hahn-Holbrook et al., 2018)

†Anxiety prevalence (predominately STAI-S) compared to a meta-analytic review of 34 studies from high-income countries (N = 143,134; 4 UK studies) (STAI-S; prevalence estimate used = 13.7% Dennis et al., 2017).