[Emotional and psychiatric postpartum complications]

Contracept Fertil Sex. 1994 Jan;22(1):61-4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The three emotional and psychiatric complications of post-partum are: puerperal psychoses; post-natal depressions; and post-partum blues. Puerperal psychoses (prevalence = 0.2%) are now well known in their clinical and therapeutic aspects. Much less known are the post-natal depressions, in spite of their high incidence (10 to 20% of women). The consequences upon the life of patients and mother-child bond are still ignored. These depressions are too rarely adequately treated. Finally, post-partum blues is to be recognized for a preventive purpose, its intensity being a predictive factor of post-natal depression.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Depressive Disorder / diagnosis
  • Depressive Disorder / epidemiology*
  • Depressive Disorder / psychology
  • Depressive Disorder / therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Primary Prevention
  • Psychotic Disorders / diagnosis
  • Psychotic Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Psychotic Disorders / psychology
  • Psychotic Disorders / therapy
  • Puerperal Disorders / diagnosis
  • Puerperal Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Puerperal Disorders / psychology
  • Puerperal Disorders / therapy
  • Quality of Life
  • Risk Factors