Mother-infant relationship within the context of post-partum depression: a quantitative analysis

• Autor(a) principal: Greinert, Bruna Rafaele Milhorini
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Carvalho, Eliete dos Reis, Capel, Hellen, Marques, Andréa Grano, Milani, Rute Grossi
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/5919
• topic: Motherhood; Mental health; Mother-infant health; Maternidade; Saúde Mental; Saúde Materno-infantil.

Current study analyzes how depressive symptomology in females during the post-partum period affects the mother-infant behavior. Qualitative research comprised interviews with six mothers, aged between 20 and 38 years, attended to at a Basic Health Unit, and who exhibited symptoms of depression during the after-birth period. The half-structured interview was employed for data collection. Results from content analysis revealed that mother´s depression symptoms affected the mother-child relationship within three categories: affective ambivalence during dyade, mother´s difficulties in breast feeding and instability in the infant´s sleep. During the pregnancy-puerperal period, the mother has to be psychologically supported to acknowledge, prevent and interfere on factors that affect her mental health and promote the healthful development in mother-child relationship.