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Post Natal Depression in Iran
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 April 2020
Abstract
Post Natal Depression in Iran
10-15 in very 100 women became depressed after having a baby. A litreture review was conducted between December 2012-July 2013. PubMed and ISI web of knowlege searches were used to access academic litretures.grey litreture access through the google search.
Finding;
Most Studies on PND in Iran focus on prevelance and risk factors.
Edinbourgh questionaire (farsi version) was a reliable and valid tool to measure PND.
Higher rate of PND in IRAN (20 to 40.4 %)
Risk factors: unemployment, low education, younger mother, unplanned pregnancy, undesired gender of the baby, history of depression, prim parity, history of still birth and abortion, having 3 or more child, being house wife
mothers anxiry during the pregnancy increased the risk of PND.
Prevention, screening and effective management are possible. There is a need for increased screening and clinician awarness.
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- Article: 1823
- Information
- European Psychiatry , Volume 30 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 23rd European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2015 , pp. 1
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- Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2015
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