Depression following childbirth--a search for predictive signs.
Potential risk factors for depression after childbirth were correlated with 13 symptoms of depression in a sample of 618 women from 64 general practitioners.Eight significant predictive factors were identified. The most important were stress after the confinement, depression during pregnancy, a severe attack of the ;five-day blues', a history of previous puerperal depression and previous miscarriage.
D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012306:Risk