DEPRESSION IN THE PUERPERIUM: PREVENTION AND INTERVENTIONS

• Autor(a) principal: Silva , Ligiane Moura e
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Carvalho , Lorena Rocha Batista
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences
• Texto Completo: https://bjihs.emnuvens.com.br/bjihs/article/view/987
• topic: Mulher; Saúde mental; Puerpério; Pós-parto; Depressão.; Woman; Mental Health; Puerperium; Postpartum; Depression.

The puerperium is defined as the period of the puerperal pregnancy cycle in which local and systemic  changes, caused by pregnancy and childbirth in the woman's body, return to the pre-pregnancy state, a moment in which important psychological demands such as depression may occur. This work, therefore, aimed to understand postpartum depression, especially the risk factors, the most appropriate interventions to be practiced in this context, as well as the possibility and ways of doing prevention. For this purpose, the method used was bibliographical research, through which the conceptual structure that supported the development of the study was traced. It was based on the analysis of literature published in books, separate publications, magazines, the written press and even electronically, mainly through material from the platforms. As a result, it was concluded that depression, as well as postpartum depression, is a public health problem that must be observed by society and the State in a deeper way, since it brings incalculable short and long term damage.