Search for dissertations about: "post partum depression"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words post partum depression.

2. 1. Screening immigrant mothers for postpartum depression. Development and feasibility of an educational Intervention for nurses in the child health services

   Author : Malin Skoog; Barns och familjers hälsa; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Child Health Services; Complex intervention; Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; Immigrant migrant; Maternal Mental Health; Nursing; Postpartum postnatal depression; Screening;

   Abstract : Postpartum depression is a major public health problem, which immigrant mothers are at particular risk of being affected by. Routine screening is implemented by many countries to increase identification, but research suggests that health care professionals experience screening of immigrant mothers as challenging. READ MORE

4. 2. Anxious personality traits in pregnant women : Associations with postpartum depression, delivery complications and health care use

   Author : Cathrine Axfors; Mia Ramklint; Alkistis Skalkidou; Susan Ayers; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Personality; neuroticism; adult attachment; perinatal depression; postpartum depression; obstetric complications; health care use; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

   Abstract : Anxious personality traits, including those encompassed by negative emotionality (neuroticism) and the tendency to worry about close relationships (attachment anxiety) during pregnancy were the focus of this thesis. The overall aim was to examine perinatal correlates of these characteris-tics in terms of psychiatric and obstetric health as well as antenatal care (ANC). READ MORE

5. 3. Experiences of Screening for Postpartum Depression in Non-Native-Speaking Immigrant Mothers in the Swedish Child Health Services. Nurses’ and Mothers’ Perspectives

   Author : Malin Skog; Barns och familjers hälsa; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Nursing Assessment methods; Child Health; depressive symptoms; Mothers: psychology;

   Abstract : Postpartum depression (PPD) är ett globalt folkhälsoproblem. Mödrar som migrerar till ett annat land har en ökad risk att drabbas av PPD. Före-komsten av PPD bland utlandsfödda mödrar beräknas vara så hög som 20 procent, vilket nästan är dubbelt så hög som bland inhemsk västerländsk befolkning. READ MORE

6. 4. Depression and partner violence before and after childbirth

   Author : Christine Rubertsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Depression; depressive mood; post partum depression; partner violence; risk factors; EPDS; stressful life events; domestic violence; partner violence;

   Abstract : This thesis comprises studies of prevalence and indicators of depressive mood during pregnancy, two months and one year post partum as well as on studies of prevalence, and indicators of being hit by the partner in the first post partum year and disclosure of such violence. A national cohort of 4600 Swedish-speaking women were recruited to the KUB project (Kvinnors Upplevelse av Barnafödande) and consists of about 70 percent of women enrolled in early pregnancy to antenatal care during three predestined weeks. READ MORE

7. 5. Mental illness : relation to childbirth and experience of motherhood

   Author : Karin Börjesson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Population-based study; depression; personality disorder; psychiatric symptoms; mode of delivery; childbirth experience; maternal adjustment;

   Abstract : This thesis comprises two population-based studies of mental illness in childbearing women in Stockholm. The principal aims in study I were to find out to what extent postnatal depression (PND) in mothers was identified at Well-Baby Clinics (WBCs) and to study its prevalence using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). READ MORE