Prevalence And Risk Factors For Antenatal Depression – By Sheenu Jhawar (Paperback)

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Pregnancy is a major life event accompanied by psychological and physiological change (Ayano, Tesfaw, & Shumet, 2019), which increase pregnant women’s vulnerability for the onset or recurrence of mental disorders (Kuhner, 2016). Antenatal depression is one of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders, which has serious adverse impacts on both the mother and the infant’s health (Alderdice, McNeill, & Lynn, 2013). Women with antenatal depression are at higher risk for substance abuse, preeclampsia, postpartum depression, edema, premature rupture of membranes, hemorrhage, and severe headaches (Bitew, Hanlon, Kebede, Honikman, & Fekadu, 2017; Horrigan, Schroeder, & Schaffer, 2000; Kurki, Hiilesmaa, Raitasalo, Mattila, & Ylikorkala, 2000; Silva et al., 2012).