The anxiety mothers experience during pregnancy is well known and may have negative consequences for the emotional, psychological, social development of newborns. Anxiety must therefore be reduced using different strategies. To determine published non-pharmacological interventions to reduce pregnancy, childbirth postpartum. A systematic peer-review experimental quasi-experimental studies was co...

Postpartum thyroiditis, a condition in which the thyroid gland swells, occurs in approximately five to seven percent of women within two to four months after delivery of a baby, and is the result of autoimmune disease. This is another common culprit for postpartum depression. Thyroiditis presents as a painless, small, firm goiter, or enlarged thyroid gland. Typically the woman notices either an...

Background and aim: Postpartum period is often associated with decreased marital satisfaction in couples. The present study aimed to investigate factors contributing to marital satisfaction in primiparous women during postpartum period. Methods: This correlational study was performed on 104 primiparous women who referred to health care centers, Mashhad, Iran in 2013, 8 weeks after delivery, to ...

OBJECTIVE To examine anxiety levels of women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and to compare these with glucose-tolerant (GT) women at similar stages of pregnancy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Prospective longitudinal study conducted on 50 women with GDM and 50 GT women. All women completed the Mental Health Inventory (MHI-5) forms and the Speilberger State-Trait Anxiety Inve...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many restrictions on almost all routine services, both in terms of access and quality, including maternal neonatal health such as a reduction the frequency antenatal care postponement classes for pregnant women postpartum period, these conditions can cause problems globally. psychological postpartum, which anxiety, if mother's own anxiety is left untreated it wi...

There has been a recent rise in research focused on maternal psychological conditions during the perinatal period. Although the majority of investigations have examined postpartum depression, there is a growing appreciation for the deleterious consequences of maternal anxiety in the perinatal period for both the mother and child. Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), in particular, has emerged a...

BACKGROUND A growing number of meta-analyses have supported the application of therapist-supported Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy (iCBT) for psychological disorders across different populations, but relatively few meta-analyses have concentrated on postpartum women. OBJECTIVE This meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy of therapist-supported iCBT in improving stress, anxiety, and dep...