Prevalence and Risk Factors of Postpartum Depression in Yaounde, Cameroon
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Postpartum depression in north Indian women: prevalence and risk factors.
Affective disorders occur commonly in postpartum period, ranging in severity from mild and transient ‘‘baby blues’’ experienced by 50–80 % of women to postpartum psychosis which affects \1 % of women [1]. Postpartum major depression lies along this spectrum of postnatal mood disorder. The debilitating effects of postpartum depression (PPD) can involve an entire family [2], and women afflicted w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2160-8792,2160-8806
DOI: 10.4236/ojog.2015.511086