Open AccessTHE INFLUENCE OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION ON INFANT BEHAVIOR
Author(s) -
Nadja Coelho da Silva,
Lorena Pereira Bernardo,
Nadijanne Coelho da Silva,
Lucas Leimig Telles Parente,
Conceição Maria Santos Correia de Souza,
Maria das Graças Nascimento Silva,
Maria Valéria Leimig Telles
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
amadeus international multidisciplinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2525-8281
DOI - 10.14295/aimj.v2i4.32
Subject(s) - affection , depression (economics) , context (archaeology) , postpartum depression , psychology , depressive symptoms , mental health , developmental psychology , cognition , medicine , pregnancy , psychiatry , clinical psychology , social psychology , paleontology , genetics , biology , economics , macroeconomics
Postpartum depression can reach up to 15% of pregnant women in developed countries, 25% in underdeveloped countries and up to 40% throughout the perinatal period. Depressive mothers interact less with their children, they show less love and affection, and this may have an impact on the lives of these infants in the future. Babies who lived in this context had problems with language acquisition, cognitive impairment, delay in achieving developmental milestones, attachment insecure, low self-esteem. It is essential that the diagnosis of depression be made as early as possible so that therapeutic and preventive measures are implemented in a timely manner in order to provide healthy child growth and ensure the good mental health of these mothers.Keywords: Postpartum depression; childish behaviour; mother-child relationship; diagnosis; pharmacological treatment; combination therapy;