Open AccessPostnatal Depression and Associated Factors among Puerperal Women in Lahore City, Pakistan: Analytical Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
Rabia Nazim,
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Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hsoa journal of community medicine and health care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2381-1978
DOI - 10.24966/cmph-1978/100073
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , postpartum depression , cross sectional study , psychiatry , marital status , medicine , public health , psychology , environmental health , pregnancy , population , nursing , genetics , macroeconomics , pathology , economics , biology
Post-natal depression (PND) is an emerging psychiatric issue and a devastating public health problem due to associated morbidity, as it not only effects postnatal lady but her marital relationship, new-born, mother-infant bonding, making infant vulnerable to psychiatric issues in future.