Puerperal Depression
(PD) is a severe from of depression or elation occurring in the
first few weeks after the baby is born. The term `puerperal' refers
to the six week period immediately following childbirth.
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Association
for Post Natal Illness - UK - Provides support to mothers
suffering from post-natal illness, increases public awareness
of the illness, and encourages research into its cause and nature. 3/5
Postnatal
Depression and Puerperal Psychosis - The World Health Organisation
(WHO) predicts that depression will be the second greatest cause of
premature death and disability worldwide by the year 2020.1 The suffering
caused by depression is profound yet often underestimated. It can
affect every aspect of a person's being: their feelings, thoughts
and functioning. Postnatal depression is particularly important because
it is so common and because it occurs at such a critical time in the
lives of the mother, her baby and her family. 3/5
Puerperal
Depression - A study of predictive factors
- Recently, Nillson and others' in Sweden carried out an investigation
in which
they asked puerperal mothers about various symptoms connected with
puerperal illness. They found that 25 per cent had six symptoms or
more. There was a significant correlation between the frequency of
symptoms and postpartum gynaecological aberrations.. Not
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Postpartum
Depression - During the postpartum period, up to 85% of women
experience some type of mood disturbance.Postpartum psychiatric illness
was initially conceptualized as a group of disorders specifically
linked to pregnancy and childbirth and thus was considered diagnostically
distinct from other types of psychiatric illness. More recent evidence
suggests that postpartum psychiatric illness is virtually indistinguishable
from psychiatric disorders that occur at other times during a woman's
life - An Article by Saju Joy, MD. Not Rated
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Puerperal Depression ( Postpartum- Post Natal
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