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Sandra Nakić Radoš

Catholic University of Croatia


Sandra Nakić Radoš

A researcher in perinatal mental health and a specialist in clinical psychology, educated in cognitive-behavioural therapy. A professor at university experienced in teaching, supervising, research, peer-review, editing. A co-founder and the lead of the NGO Centre for Reproductive Mental Health (Zagreb, Croatia). Very passionate about wellbeing of pregnant and postpartum women.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries Croatia;
Topics Global Maternal Mental Health; Perinatal mental health;
Methods Assessment tool development; Concept Mapping; Focus groups; Guidelines development; Interviews; Longitudinal data analysis; Psychometric testing; Quantitative data analysis; Questionnaire; Systematic Review;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Global Perinatal Mental Health;
Websitehttps://www.unicath.hr/odjeli-i-fakultet/nastavnici/sandra-nakic-rados
ORC.IDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8330-8427
GOOGLE SCHOLARhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Q9aYixoAAAAJ&hl=hr
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Blueskyhttps://bsky.app/profile/snrados.bsky.social
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-nakic-rados/
Research interests

Peripartum mental health; peripartum depression; childbirth-related PTSD; mother-infant bonding;

Key publications

Nakić Radoš, S., Ganho Ávila, A., Rodriguez-Muňoz, M. F., Bina, R., Kittel-Schneider, S., Lambregtse-van den Berg, M. P., Lega, I., Lupattelli, A., Shaef, G., Skalkidou, A., Uka, A., Uusitalo, S., van den Abeele, L., Moura Ramos, M. (2025). Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prevention, Screening and Treatment of Peripartum Depression. British Journal of Psychiatry. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.43

Nakić Radoš, S., Kömürcü Akik, B., Žutić, M., Rodriguez-Muñoz, M. F., Uriko, K., Motrico, E., Moreno-Peral, P., Apter, G., Lambregtse-van den Berg, M. (2024). Diagnosis of peripartum depression disorder: a state-of-the-art approach from the COST Action Riseup-PPD. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 130. 152456 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2024.152456

Nakić Radoš, S., Matijaš, M., Brekalo, M., Žutić, M. (2024). Development and validation of the Peripartum Depression Scale. Journal of Affective Disorders Report, 17, 100820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100820

Fonseca, A., Ganho-Ávila, A., Lambregtse-van den Berg, M., Lupattelli, A., Fe Rodriguez-Muñoz, M., Ferreira, P., Nakić Radoš, S., Bina, R. (2020). Emerging issues and questions on peripartum depression prevention, diagnosis and treatment: A narrative review and consensus report from the COST Action RISEUP-PPD. Journal of Affective Disorders, 274, 167-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.112

Lyubenova, A., Neupane, D., Levis, B., Wu, Y., Sun, Y., He, C., Krishnan, A., Mani Bhandari, P., Negeri, Z., Imran, M., Rice,  D.B., Azar, M., Chiovitti, M. J., Saadat, N., Riehm, K. E,, Boruff, J. T., Ioannidis, J. P. A., Cuijpers, P., Gilbody, S., Kloda, L. A., Patten, S. B., Shrier, I., Ziegelstein, R. C., Comeau, L., Mitchell, N. D., Tonelli, M., Vigod, S. N.,  Aceti, F., Barne, J., Bavle, A. D., Tatano Beck, C., Bindt, C., Boyce, P. M.,  Bunevicius, A., Chaudron, L. H., Favez, N., Figueiredo, B., Garcia-Esteve, L., Giardinelli, L.,  Helle, N., Howard, L. M., Kohlhoff, J., Kusminskas, L., Kozinszky, Z., Lelli, L., Leonardou, A. A., Meuti, V., Nakić Radoš, S., Navarro García, P., Pawlby, S. J., Quispel, C.,  Robertson-Blackmore, E., Rochat, T. J., Sharp, D. J., Siu, B. W. M., Stein, A.,  Stewart, R. C., Tadinac, M., Tandon, S. D., Tendais, I., Töreki, A., Torres-Giménez, A., Tran,  T. D., Trevillion, K., Turner, K., Vega-Dienstmaier, J. M., Benedetti, A.,  Thombs, B. D. (2020). Depression Prevalence Based on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale Compared to Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Classification: Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 30, e1860. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1860