title: Postpartum depression: it isn't just the blues.
abstract: Postpartum depression is a crippling mood disorder, historically neglected in health care, leaving mothers to suffer in fear, confusion, and silence. Undiagnosed it can adversely affect the mother-infant relationship and lead to long-term emotional problems for the child. This article differentiates postpartum depression from other postpartum mood and anxiety disorders and addresses these aspects of postpartum depression: symptoms, prevalence, risk factors, interventions, and the effects on relationships and child development. Instruments available to screen for postpartum depression are also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: University of Connecticut School of Nursing, Storrs, USA. cheryl.beck@uconn.edu
authors.forename: Cheryl Tatano
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Beck
mesh_terms: D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000379:methods; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012657:Self-Help Groups
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents