Erschienen in:
01.08.2013 | Case Report
Postpartum Depression in North Indian Women: Prevalence and Risk Factors
verfasst von:
Swapan Gupta, Jugal Kishore, Y. M. Mala, S. Ramji, Reshma Aggarwal
Erschienen in:
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India
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Ausgabe 4/2013
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Excerpt
Affective disorders occur commonly in postpartum period, ranging in severity from mild and transient “baby blues” experienced by 50–80 % of women to postpartum psychosis which affects <1 % of women [
1]. Postpartum major depression lies along this spectrum of postnatal mood disorder. The debilitating effects of postpartum depression (PPD) can involve an entire family [
2], and women afflicted with PPD are at high risk for recurrent depression [
3]. Majority of them exhibit symptoms by 6 week postpartum and if not treated, many women continue to be depressed at the end of the first postpartum year [
1]. Despite its serious consequences and amenity to treatment, PPD often remains unrecognized. …