160 Int. J. Electronic Healthcare, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2018 Copyright © 2018 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Analysis and development of mobile perinatal mental health system Mohammad I. Merhi*, Naima Islam and Greg Hintz Department of Decision Sciences, Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics, Indiana University South Bend, 1700 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend, IN 46634, USA Email: mmerhi@iu.edu Email: islamn@umail.iu.edu Email: gbrehmer@iusb.edu *Corresponding author Abstract: Perinatal depression includes major and minor depressive episodes during pregnancy or in the first 12 months after birth. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that clinicians screen patients at least once during pregnancy for depression and anxiety symptoms using a standardised tool. This paper attempts to consolidate current depression screening tools into an electronic application that can be accessed from a computer, tablet or cell phone and can be sent directly to the primary care physician’s office for review. The object-oriented approach was used to analysis and design the system. The systems requirements are first gathered using questionnaire and interviews with practitioners; then, analysed based on unified modelling language techniques such as use case, class, and sequence diagrams. This system will aid healthcare providers in identifying patients who are at risk of perinatal depression. Keywords: mental health system; perinatal mental health; depression system; health systems; perinatal system. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Merhi, M.I., Islam, N. and Hintz, G. (2018) ‘Analysis and development of mobile perinatal mental health system’, Int. J. Electronic Healthcare, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp.160–175. Biographical notes: Mohammad I. Merhi is an Assistant Professor at the Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics at Indiana University South Bend. His research interests include behavioural aspects of information security and privacy. He is also interested in researching issues related to the design, adoption and implementation of information systems in organisations especially in the health and the government sectors. He has published his research in several leading journals. He has also presented his research at leading international and national conference meetings and workshops. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research and a reviewer for several other journals. Naima Islam earned her Master’s degree in Management Information Technology from Indiana University South Bend, Indiana in 2016. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from