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Review
. 2017 Aug 9:6:60.
doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_9_16. eCollection 2017.

Postpartum depression risk factors: A narrative review

Maryam Ghaedrahmati  1 , Ashraf Kazemi  2 , Gholamreza Kheirabadi  3 , Amrollah Ebrahimi  3 , Masood Bahrami  4
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Postpartum depression risk factors: A narrative review

Maryam Ghaedrahmati et al. J Educ Health Promot. .

Abstract

Postpartum depression is a debilitating mental disorder with a high prevalence. The aim of this study was review of the related studies. In this narrative review, we report studies that investigated risk factors of postpartum depression by searching the database, Scopus, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Uptodate, Proquest in the period 2000-2015 published articles about the factors associated with postpartum depression were assessed in Farsi and English. The search strategy included a combination of keywords include postpartum depression and risk factors or obstetrical history, social factors, or biological factors. Literature review showed that risk factors for postpartum depression in the area of economic and social factors, obstetrical history, and biological factors, lifestyle and history of mental illness detected. Data from this study can use for designing a screening tools for high-risk pregnant women and for designing a prevention programs.

Keywords: Narrative review; postpartum depression; risk factors.

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There are no conflicts of interest.

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