Michael W. O’hara

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Michael W. O’hara

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Michael W. O’hara's Degrees

PhD Clinical Psychology University of California, Berkeley
Masters Psychology University of California, Berkeley
Bachelors Psychology University of California, Berkeley

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Rates and risk of postpartum depression—a meta-analysis (1996) (3108)
Postpartum depression: current status and future directions. (2013) (1202)
Efficacy of interpersonal psychotherapy for postpartum depression. (2000) (659)
Development and validation of the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS). (2007) (624)
Controlled prospective study of postpartum mood disorders: comparison of childbearing and nonchildbearing women. (1990) (623)
Perinatal mental illness: definition, description and aetiology. (2014) (606)
Social support, life events, and depression during pregnancy and the puerperium. (1986) (601)
Postpartum depression: what we know. (2009) (495)
Controlled prospective study of postpartum mood disorders: psychological, environmental, and hormonal variables. (1991) (476)
Effective treatment for postpartum depression is not sufficient to improve the developing mother–child relationship (2007) (475)
Prevalence and risk factors of postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder: a meta-analysis. (2014) (434)
Prospective study of postpartum depression : Prevalence, course, and predictive factors (1984) (380)
Prospective study of postpartum blues. Biologic and psychosocial factors. (1991) (338)
Depression and postoperative complications: an overview (2016) (329)
Prospective study of postpartum depression: prevalence, course, and predictive factors. (1985) (308)
Development and Validation of New Anxiety and Bipolar Symptom Scales for an Expanded Version of the IDAS (the IDAS-II) (2012) (292)
Predicting depressive symptomatology: cognitive-behavioral models and postpartum depression. (1982) (253)
Postpartum anxiety and depression: onset and comorbidity in a community sample. (1998) (252)
Postpartum depression. A role for social network and life stress variables. (1983) (248)
The nature of postpartum depressive disorders. (1997) (216)
Abuse history and chronic pain in women: I. Prevalences of sexual abuse and physical abuse (1994) (214)
Further validation of the IDAS: evidence of convergent, discriminant, criterion, and incremental validity. (2008) (199)
Prospective study of postpartum depression: 4 1/2-year follow-up of women and children. (1991) (198)
Postpartum depression : causes and consequences (1995) (187)
Adaptation of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Disorders for assessing depression in women during pregnancy and post-partum across countries and cultures (2004) (176)
The prevalence of postpartum depression (2007) (173)
Heterogeneity of postpartum depression: a latent class analysis. (2015) (172)
Clinical phenotypes of perinatal depression and time of symptom onset: analysis of data from an international consortium. (2017) (169)
Self-discrepancies in clinically anxious and depressed university students. (1993) (161)
Abuse history and chronic pain in women: II. A multivariate analysis of abuse and psychological morbidity (1994) (147)
Depression among the Rural Elderly A Study of Prevalence and Correlates (1985) (142)
Maternal depression: A review of relevant treatment approaches for mothers and infants. (2006) (136)
Parsing the general and specific components of depression and anxiety with bifactor modeling (2008) (133)
The prevalence of postpartum depression: the relative significance of three social status indices. (2007) (132)
Item characteristics of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. (1985) (129)
Patient choice of treatment for postpartum depression: a pilot study (2006) (129)
A Prospective Study of Sleep, Mood, and Cognitive Function in Postpartum and Nonpostpartum Women (1997) (127)
Postpartum anxiety and comorbid depression in a population-based sample of women. (2014) (122)
Hierarchical structures of affect and psychopathology and their implications for the classification of emotional disorders (2008) (120)
Comparison of Psychologic and Cognitive Functions after General or Regional Anesthesia (1988) (106)
Post-partum ‘blues,’ depression, and psychosis: A review (1987) (105)
Prenatal maternal stress predicts stress reactivity at 2½ years of age: The Iowa Flood Study (2015) (97)
An Evaluation of Major Components in a Self-Control Therapy Program for Depression (1981) (96)
Psychotherapeutic interventions for depressed, low-income women: a review of the literature. (2010) (89)
Race/ethnicity and perinatal depressed mood (2006) (87)
Interpersonal psychotherapy for postpartum depression : a treatment program. (1995) (86)
Depression runs in families: The social context of risk and resilience in children of depressed mothers (1992) (86)
Walking and Depression in a Cohort of Older Adults: The Iowa 65+ Rural Health Study (1996) (85)
Risk factors for depressive symptoms during pregnancy (2011) (85)
Barriers to care for antenatal depression. (2008) (83)
Perceived social support interacts with prenatal depression to predict birth outcomes (2013) (83)
Increases in depressive symptomatology in the rural elderly: results from a cross-sectional and longitudinal study. (1992) (81)
Memory complaint and memory performance in the depressed elderly. (1986) (77)
Examination of premenstrual symptoms as a risk factor for depression in postpartum women (2013) (77)
A randomized effectiveness trial of interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed women with sexual abuse histories. (2011) (74)
The Oxford handbook of depression and comorbidity (2014) (71)
Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Mothers of Newborns Hospitalized on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (2014) (68)
The prevention and psychotherapeutic treatment of postpartum depression (2003) (67)
Antenatal risk factors for postnatal depression: a prospective study of chinese women at maternal and child health centres (2012) (66)
The Structure of Women’s Mood in the Early Postpartum (2012) (66)
Brief scales to detect postpartum depression and anxiety symptoms. (2012) (65)
Treatment of postpartum depression with interpersonal psychotherapy. (1995) (64)
Psychological consequences of surgery. (1989) (63)
Summary and Implications (1995) (63)
Treatment-resistant pain and distress during pediatric burn-dressing changes. (1998) (63)
One-day behavioral treatment for patients with comorbid depression and migraine: a pilot study. (2012) (62)
The effects of maternal mood on mother-infant interaction (1987) (62)
Reliability, validity, and preliminary normative data for the inventory to diagnose depression in a college population (1990) (59)
Prenatal Stress due to a Natural Disaster Predicts Adiposity in Childhood: The Iowa Flood Study (2015) (58)
Effects of traumatic experiences on obsessive-compulsive and internalizing symptoms: The role of avoidance and mindfulness. (2018) (55)
Who Gets Social Support, Who Gives It, and How It’s Related to Recipient’s Mood (2017) (55)
Estradiol modulates anhedonia and behavioral despair in rats and negative affect in a subgroup of women at high risk for postpartum depression (2013) (55)
QF2011: a protocol to study the effects of the Queensland flood on pregnant women, their pregnancies, and their children's early development (2015) (54)
Efficacy of yoga for depressed postpartum women: A randomized controlled trial. (2015) (54)
The impact of education, country, race and ethnicity on the self-report of postpartum depression using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (2016) (54)
Depression and anxiety among postpartum and adoptive mothers (2011) (53)
The identification of severity ranges for the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (2016) (52)
The occurrence of panic and obsessive compulsive symptoms in women with postpartum dysphoria: a prospective study (2001) (52)
Clinical Utility of the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS) (2018) (52)
Partner support and maternal depression in the context of the Iowa floods. (2014) (52)
Marital Adjustment Difficulties: Cause or Consequence of Depressive Symptomatology? (1988) (52)
Validity of somatic symptoms as indicators of depression in pregnancy (2013) (51)
Listening Visits: An evaluation of the effectiveness and acceptability of a home-based depression treatment (2010) (51)
Infant Emotionality: Observational Methods and the Validity of Maternal Reports (2003) (50)
Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Women With Sexual Abuse Histories: A Pilot Study in a Community Mental Health Center (2005) (49)
Analysis of brief screening tools for the detection of postpartum depression: Comparisons of the PRAMS 6-item instrument, PHQ-9, and structured interviews (2013) (49)
The contribution of self-reinforcement training and behavioral assignments to the efficacy of self-control therapy for depression (1983) (47)
Continuity of midwifery carer moderates the effects of prenatal maternal stress on postnatal maternal wellbeing: the Queensland flood study (2017) (44)
Depression treatment for impoverished mothers by point-of-care providers: A randomized controlled trial. (2015) (43)
Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression: reliability and validity of judgments of novice raters. (1983) (41)
Adjustment in childbearing women: The Postpartum Adjustment Questionnaire. (1992) (39)
Assessing stressful life events associated with childbearing: The peripartum events scale (1986) (38)
Description and evaluation of the Iowa Depression Awareness, Recognition, and Treatment Program. (1996) (38)
Emotional distress in mothers of preterm hospitalized infants: A feasibility trial of nurse-delivered treatment (2013) (38)
Screening and Counseling for Postpartum Depression By Nurses: The Women's Views (2010) (38)
Nursing Care for Postpartum Depression, Part 1: Do Nurses Think They Should Offer Both Screening and Counseling? (2010) (38)
Assessment of Postpartum Depressive Symptoms (2015) (36)
Depression and marital adjustment during pregnancy and after delivery (1985) (36)
Partner report of paternal depression using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale-Partner (2012) (35)
Depression screening of perinatal women by the Des Moines Healthy Start Project: program description and evaluation. (2012) (35)
Peritraumatic Distress Mediates the Effect of Severity of Disaster Exposure on Perinatal Depression: The Iowa Flood Study. (2015) (34)
Longitudinal Contribution of Maternal and Paternal Depression to Toddler Behaviors: Interparental Conflict and Later Depression as Mediators (2015) (33)
Measurement of depression in clinical trials: an overview. (1982) (33)
Sexual function in the postpartum period: effects of maternal depression and interpersonal psychotherapy treatment (2010) (32)
Parent participation during burn debridement in relation to behavioral distress. (1996) (32)
Depression and Disability in Migraine: The Role of Pain Acceptance and Values-Based Action (2015) (31)
Psychological aspects of women's reproductive health (1995) (31)
Disseminating Perinatal Depression Screening as a Public Health Initiative: A Train-the-Trainer Approach (2011) (30)
Predictors of the longitudinal course of postpartum depression following interpersonal psychotherapy. (2010) (29)
National norms for the expanded version of the inventory of depression and anxiety symptoms (IDAS-II). (2018) (29)
Burnout and depression in medical students: Relations with avoidance and disengagement (2017) (27)
A prospective study of self-efficacy expectancies and labour pain (2001) (27)
A Group-Based Online Intervention to Prevent Postpartum Depression (Sunnyside): Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial (2019) (25)
Self-monitoring, activity levels, and mood in the development and maintenance of depression. (1979) (24)
The comorbidity of Axis I disorders in depressed pregnant women (2017) (22)
A placebo controlled treatment trial of sertraline and interpersonal psychotherapy for postpartum depression. (2019) (20)
A partner-rating scale of postpartum depression: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale – Partner (EPDS-P) (2006) (20)
Prenatal maternal stress is associated with toddler cognitive functioning: The Iowa Flood Study. (2018) (19)
The impact of maternal flood-related stress and social support on offspring weight in early childhood (2018) (19)
Mental disorders associated with childbearing: report of the Biennial Meeting of the Marcé Society. (1998) (19)
Web-based Training for Implementing Evidence-Based Management of Postpartum Depression (2009) (18)
Patterns of women׳s mood after delivery: a growth curve analysis. (2015) (18)
Interpersonal psychotherapy for antenatal and postpartum depression (2004) (18)
The effects of trauma on perinatal depression: Examining trajectories of depression from pregnancy through 24 months postpartum in an at-risk population. (2017) (17)
Parenting Stress in Early Motherhood: Stress Spillover and Social Support1: (2013) (17)
Depression Screening on a Maternity Unit: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Nurses’ Views and Implementation Strategies (2014) (16)
Prospective Study of Postpartum Blues (2016) (15)
Childhood trauma and problem behavior: Examining the mediating roles of experiential avoidance and mindfulness processes (2018) (15)
Maternal psychosocial predictors of pediatric health care use: Use of the common sense model of health and illness behaviors to extend beyond the usual suspects. (2006) (14)
The effect of symptom visibility on informant reporting. (2008) (14)
Essential Papers on Depression (1988) (13)
Life Satisfaction Moderates the Effectiveness of a Play-Based Parenting Intervention in Low-Income Mothers and Toddlers (2015) (12)
A quasi-experimental, dual-center study of morphine efficacy in patients with burns. (1995) (12)
Implementation of an Evidence-Based Depression Treatment Into Social Service Settings: The Relative Importance of Acceptability and Contextual Factors (2011) (12)
More social support is associated with more positive mood but excess support is associated with more negative mood (2019) (12)
A model of risk for perinatal posttraumatic stress symptoms (2020) (12)
A Dyadic Approach to Stress and Prenatal Depression in First-Time Parents: The Mediating Role of Marital Satisfaction. (2021) (11)
Depression and anxiety symptoms across pregnancy and the postpartum in low-income Black and Latina women (2021) (11)
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms, intrusive thoughts and depressive symptoms: a longitudinal study examining relation to maternal responsiveness (2020) (11)
Treatment of Postpartum Depression: Recommendations for the Clinician (2018) (10)
Depression Treatment by Non‐Mental‐Health Providers: Incremental Evidence for the Effectiveness of Listening Visits (2017) (9)
Psychopathological States in the Father and Their Impact on Parenting (2010) (9)
Using mobile health applications for the rapid recruitment of perinatal women (2018) (9)
How much is enough in brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy? A randomized trial. (2020) (9)
A structural model for postpartum responses to the somatic and cognitive items on the Beck Depression Inventory (1987) (8)
Symptom contamination of life event scales. (1984) (6)
A Pilot Investigation to Enhance Behavioral Health Referral for Perinatal, Low-Income Women With Mood Disorders (2015) (6)
Handbook of perinatal clinical psychology: from theory to practice (2020) (6)
Treating postpartum depression in rural veterans using internet delivered CBT: program evaluation of MomMoodBooster (2020) (6)
Modeling trait depression amplifies the effect of childbearing on postpartum depression. (2017) (5)
Perinatal Depression Screening in Healthy Start: An Evaluation of the Acceptability of Technical Assistance Consultation (2013) (5)
The Future of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (2006) (5)
Mood during pregnancy: Trends, structure, and invariance by gestational day. (2021) (5)
Childhood Trauma and Somatization: Identifying Mechanisms for Targeted Intervention (2018) (5)
The Use of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (2005) (5)
The efficacy of antidepressant medication and interpersonal psychotherapy for adult acute-phase depression: study protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data (2021) (4)
Postpartum Mental Disorders (2009) (4)
Psychiatric disorders associated with childbearing (1990) (4)
Self-Control Group Therapy of Depression (1983) (4)
Depression During Pregnancy (1995) (4)
Evidence-Based Treatments and Pathways to Care (2015) (4)
Perinatal anxiety and depressive symptoms and perception of child behavior and temperament in early motherhood (2020) (4)
Choice of Immediate versus Delayed Reinforcement and Depression (1982) (4)
Symptom communication of life event scales. (1984) (3)
Interpersonal psychotherapy for postpartum depression (1995) (3)
Pharmacotherapy or untreated antenatal depression: a false dichotomy. (2009) (3)
Maternal depression and breastfeeding in home visitation. (2020) (3)
Postpartum depression: the distribution of severity in a community sample (2011) (3)
The Practice of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (1994) (3)
Psychosocial and psychological interventions reduce the risk of postnatal depression compared with standard care (2013) (2)
Meaning of the Concept “Suicide” and Risk for Attempted Suicide (1989) (2)
The Cognitive Diathesis for Depression (1995) (2)
Perinatal mental health around the world: priorities for research and service development in the USA (2020) (2)
Interpersonal psychotherapy and relapse prevention for depression. (2010) (2)
Brokering the Evidence-Practice Gap: A Strategy for Moving Evidence Into Clinical Practice. (2018) (2)
Adaptations of Psychotherapy for Psychopathology During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period (2016) (2)
Water and ice: Using natural disasters to study prenatal maternal stress (2014) (1)
Ef fi cacy of yoga for depressed postpartum women : A randomized controlled trial (2015) (1)
Postpartum Adjustment Questionnaire (2011) (1)
Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms-II (2018) (1)
Peer-Delivered Psychotherapy for Postpartum Depression: Has Its Time Come? (2021) (1)
The role of prenatal posttraumatic stress symptoms among trauma exposed women in predicting postpartum depression. (2021) (1)
Peripartum Events Scale (2015) (0)
Peer-Delivered Psychotherapy for Postpartum Depression: Has Its Time Come? Not Yet-Reply to Tomfohr-Madsen et al. (2022) (0)
Adjustment, Social Support, and Life Events Across Pregnancy and the Puerperium (1995) (0)
Risk for trauma-related distress following difficult childbirth: Trajectories of traumatic intrusions across 2 years postpartum (2023) (0)
Daily Experiences Questionnaire (2012) (0)
Psychosocial aspects of postpartum depression in the United States (2007) (0)
Postpartum Mood Disorders (2017) (0)
Family treatment for postpartum depression: acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary clinical outcomes (2022) (0)
Postpartum OCD symptoms in a community sample: a prospective study (2014) (0)
Postpartum Adjustment Questionnaire (PPAQ) 1986 (2001) (0)
Discriminating adaptive attributions: Agreement between self-report and objective ratings (1985) (0)
Online edition: "The Oxford Handbook of Depression and Comorbidity" (2013) (0)
S1-3 Psychosocial Aspects of Postpartum Depression in the United States(ISPOG2007) (2007) (0)
Psychopathology Across Pregnancy and the Puerperium (1995) (0)
Cognitive Therapy for Depression and Anxiety: A Practitioner's Guide (1991) (0)
Examining the Structure of Distress Tolerance: Are Behavioral and Self-Report Indicators Assessing the Same Construct? (2023) (0)
Examining psychological inflexibility as a mediator of postpartum depressive symptoms: A longitudinal observational study of perinatal depression. (2023) (0)
Young adult pregnancy predicts depressive symptoms: a 10-Year longitudinal study (2014) (0)
The Prevention of Depression: Research and Practice (1995) (0)
The structure of mood and anxiety disorder symptoms in the perinatal period. (2023) (0)
Obsessive–compulsive and related disorder symptoms in the perinatal period: prevalence and associations with postpartum functioning (2022) (0)
The neuroendocrine scars of childhood abuse in female borderline personality disorder patients (2004) (0)
Childhood Trauma and Somatization: Identifying Mechanisms for Targeted Intervention (2018) (0)
Depression: Basic Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Treatment (1988) (0)
Operant and alternative buttonpressing by college students on DRL and RR schedules of points reinforcement (1988) (0)
Life Satisfaction Moderates the Effectiveness of a Play-Based Parenting Intervention in Low-Income Mothers and Toddlers (2015) (0)
Title: Prenatal Maternal Stress Predicts Stress Reactivity at 21⁄2 Years of Age: The Iowa Flood Study IN PRESS in the journal PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY Authors: (2015) (0)
Background and Methods (1995) (0)
Family Life May be Hazardous to Your Mental Health. (1992) (0)
Perils of Pregnancy and Postpartum Period. (1996) (0)
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Listening Visits for Mothers of Hospitalized Newborns (2023) (0)