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A 27-year-old woman comes to see you. She is 31 weeks pregnant and lives with her partner. The pregnancy has so far been uneventful.

She says that over the past few days she has started to feel anxious and tearful, and is finding it hard to concentrate. She is not sure if this is just ‘normal’ at this stage of pregnancy. She denies any disturbance of sleep or appetite, and her PHQ-9 score is only five. She has had no thoughts of self-harm.

Her parents, and her older sister have been treated for depression and she suffered a brief depressive episode in her early teens.

Which of the following statements is correct?