peripartum depression

Epidemiology

• effect 7-9% of peripartum women

Clinical manifestations

• major depression during pregnancy or postpartum depression with 4 weeks of delivery

* unclear how & if this term significantly differs from postpartum depression

Management

• management similar to other forms of depression with attention to safety in pregnancy

More general terms

• perinatal depression
• major depression

Additional terms

• depression during pregnancy
• postpartum depression