“…On the contrary, there are definite increases in psychiatric morbidity, particularly depression, during pregnancy [Carter et al, 2005;de Tyche et al, 2005;Evans et al, 2001;Fatoye et al, 2004;Marcus et al, 2003;O'Boyle et al, 2005]. Antenatal depression had been identified as a risk factor for PND [Jossefson et al, 2001;Larsson et al, 2004], adverse obstetrical and neonatal outcomes [Chung et al, 2001], and growth retardation in infants [Zukerman et al, 1989]. Because studies have shown that depression is more common late in the pregnancy [Bennet et al, 2004;Kumar and Robson, 1984;Rofe et al, 1993], and most pregnant women in Africa schedule delivery late in the second or the third trimester, assessing for depression in late pregnancy is appropriate for detecting women in need of intervention to safeguard maternal and family psychosocial well-being.…”