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Using a Murine Model of Psychosocial Stress in Pregnancy as a Translationally Relevant Paradigm for Psychiatric Disorders in Mothers and Infants
Published on: June 13, 2021
[The preconditions of postpartum dysphoria]
Mirjam Complojer1, Hansjörg Schweigkofler, Josef Schwitzer
1Psychiatrischer Dienst des Krankenhauses, Brixen- Psychosomatische Ambulanz. mirjam.complojer@akfree.it
Abstract:
Postpartum dysphoria (Baby Blues) is a puerperal-disease of mothers who have recently given birth; its prevalence in western industrialized countries ranges from 26 to 85% The baby-blues may begin during the first week after birth, lasts a few days and disappears without any medical treatment. Therefore there is still little research dealing with this phenomenon. The present study was carried out in Brixen, Italy, in the framework of the international Munich-Postpartum-Project and was done by means of a questionnaire. It showed that these women who had to face an insecure social environment after hospital discharge, had symptoms of a dysphoria. For that reason the Blues seems to be a phenomenon of socially distressed women.
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