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Postpartum depression: what we know
Author(s) -
O'Hara Michael W.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20644
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , psychology , postpartum depression , mental health , interpersonal psychotherapy , depression (economics) , psychiatry , public health , social support , interpersonal communication , clinical psychology , diathesis , epidemiology , interpersonal relationship , psychotherapist , medicine , pregnancy , randomized controlled trial , social psychology , nursing , genetics , surgery , macroeconomics , immunology , economics , biology
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a serious mental health problem. It is prevalent, and offspring are at risk for disturbances in development. Major risk factors include past depression, stressful life events, poor marital relationship, and social support. Public health efforts to detect PPD have been increasing. Standard treatments (e.g., Interpersonal Psychotherapy) and more tailored treatments have been found effective for PPD. Prevention efforts have been less consistently successful. Future research should include studies of epidemiological risk factors and prevalence, interventions aimed at the parenting of PPD mothers, specific diathesis for a subset of PPD, effectiveness trials of psychological interventions, and prevention interventions aimed at addressing mental health issues in pregnant women. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 65:1–12, 2009.