Citation

Kazemi T. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences 2016; 7(1): 287-295.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016)

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Abstract

Over 80 percent of women experience grief in the first days after childbirth. In this form of depression, mothers may feel joy at a moment and then feel sorrow. They may feel sad, angry, grief or tired. Such feelings usually last only a few days; however, it may continue until a week or two. Such emotional waves are considered as a natural effect of hormonal changes caused by pregnancy and childbirth. The increased levels of estrogen and progesterone during pregnancy suddenly drop after childbirth and this can affect the mother's mood. The level of these female hormones will be balanced during a week or more. As the hormone level returns to the balanced level, these feelings will spontaneously disappear without medical treatment. A mother who feels she is rejected, life is not worth living, or she thinks about suicide should immediately be visited by a doctor. Postpartum depression may last for several months or even more. With proper care, the patient can return to her normal life. In such a case, treatment may include visiting a counselor, meditation, or both. In addition, proper diet, exercise, rest and social support can be very helpful. The objective of this study is to review the postpartum depression.

Language: en

Keywords

human; counseling; Treatment; exercise; Postpartum depression; anxiety; hospitalization; risk assessment; disease severity; Diagnosis; risk factor; Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; progesterone; symptomatology; antidepressant agent; dysthymia; clinical feature; neurosis; cognitive therapy; follow up; puerperal depression; onset age; estrogen; emotionality; thyroid hormone; Beck Depression Inventory; hormone release; Article; childbirth; menstruation; nutritional assessment; sadness; Hamilton Depression Rating Scale