title: Prevalence and psychosocial correlates of depressed mood during pregnancy and after childbirth in a Moroccan sample.
abstract: The objective of the current study was to determine the prevalence of depression among 100 women followed from the first trimester of pregnancy to 9 months after delivery. Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and Paykel Life Events Inventory were used. Seventeen per cent of the subjects experienced depression during postpartum, 19.2% started their episode during pregnancy. Psychosocial variables were positively correlated to depression during pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Ibn Rushd University Psychiatric Centre, Casablanca, Morocco.
authors.forename: K Mchichi
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Alami
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kadri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berrada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009018:Morocco / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011584:Psychology