Pre- and postnatal depression and coping: a comparative approach.
BACKGROUND
The assessment of perinatal depressions and coping style.


METHODS
With depression scales (EPDS, GHQ.12) and Carver's BriefCope, the authors compared the prevalence rates of pre and postnatal depression in a cohort of 277 French women.


RESULTS
Their work revealed very high levels of prenatal depression (almost 20%) and less important but nonetheless sizeable rates (11%) of postnatal depression, making such perinatal depressions a major public health concern. The coping styles proposed in Carver's public health BriefCope questionnaire make it possible to significantly differentiate during these two periods between depressive women and their non-depressed counterparts.


CONCLUSIONS
This enables us to underline factors of risk and protection suggesting the importance of setting up compensatory and preventive systems and evaluating their pertinence in the framework of future research.
de Tychey
Claude
C
Clinical Psychology, GREPSA-Université Nancy 2-3 Place Godefroy de Bouilllon,54015 Nancy Cedex, France. detychey@univ-nancy2.fr
Spitz
Elisabeth
E
Briançon
Serge
S
Lighezzolo
Joëlle
J
Girvan
Françoise
F
Rosati
Aurore
A
Thockler
Audrey
A
Vincent
Stephanie
S
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology