Sentences with phrase «among women with postpartum depression»

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• A controlled trial of a brief (one postpartum session) group intervention with mothers and fathers, addressing infant behaviour and couple - relationship management, found dramatically lower instances of depression / anxiety among women who had attended the couples - group - session than among those who had met with a health visitor at home (Fisher et al, 2010).

We similarly found an increased odds (OR 2.24, 95 % CI 1.18 — 4.26) of postpartum depression among women with severe breast pain 2 weeks after delivery (Table 2).

Specifically the odds of postpartum depression at 2 months among women who reported severe pain with breastfeeding on day 1 was 1.96 (95 % CI 1.17 — 3.29) times that of women who reported no pain with breastfeeding on day 1.

The incidence of perinatal depression varies with the population surveyed, but estimated rates for depression among pregnant and postpartum women have ranged from 5 % to 25 %.

During pregnancy, rates of major depressive episodes, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM - IV), range from 10 - 17 % 1 - 3 with significant variability among estimates.4 Additionally, one meta - analysis estimated that postpartum major or minor depression occurs in as many as 19.2 % of women with the more narrowly defined major depression estimated to occur in 7.1 % of new mothers.4 Antenatal depression occurs in similar rates as in the postpartum period, rates which are not significantly different from rates in non-pregnant or postpartum women.

Despite the significant impact of maternal depression on mothers and children alike, maternal mental health needs are often neglected or undiagnosed.18 Prevalence rates of maternal depression are high among low - income women due to the greater challenges they may face related to financial hardships, low levels of community or familial support, and societal prejudice.19 In fact, the prevalence of maternal depression among low - income women in the United States is double the prevalence rate for all U.S. women.20 At the same time, these women are less likely to receive treatment or be screened for postpartum depression.21 Studies show there are clear racial and ethnic disparities in who accesses treatment in the United States, even among women of the same general socio - economic status: In a multiethnic cohort of lower - income Medicaid recipients, 9 percent of white women sought treatment, compared with 4 percent of African American women and 5 percent of Latinas.22

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