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| Published: September 22, 2021
Postpartum Depression
Research scholar, Department of Psychology. Garden City University, Bangalore, India.
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Professor & HOD, Department of Psychology, Garden City University, Bangalore, India
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DIP: 18.01.161.20210903
DOI: 10.25215/0903.161
ABSTRACT
Postpartum depression is an underdiagnosed and undertreated condition. Postpartum depression can be influenced by a variety of psychosocial stresses. Those with a history of serious depression and those who have had depression during previous pregnancies are at a higher risk of postpartum depression. Maternal depression left untreated can harm a child’s development, mother-infant attachment, and increase the chance of anxiety or depression symptoms in children later in life. The treatment of postpartum depression is an essential component of good medical care. The obstetrician and paediatrician can both help with postpartum depression screening and treatment. All health care workers and nurse practitioners must be aware of specific signs and symptoms, appropriate screening procedures, and effective treatment in order to prevent negative outcomes linked with depression and its influence on children. This review covers the etiology, symptoms, treatment and consequences of postpartum depression.
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This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2021, Deepthi M & William A G
Received: June 18, 2021; Revision Received: September 10, 2021; Accepted: September 22, 2021
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.161.20210903
10.25215/0903.161
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Published in Volume 09, Issue 3, July- September, 2021