Perinatal depression among a global sample of Spanish-speaking of women: A sequential-process latent growth-curve analysis

Pregnancy and childbirth are often thought of as special and happy times for the expecting mother. However prior research suggests that depression during and after pregnancy is a common experience for many women with approximately 12.4% women in the general population reporting prenatal depression (Le  Strat et al., 2011). Among pregnant Latinas1 in the United States of America (U.S.A.), as many as 32.4% suffer from depressive symptoms (Lara et al., 2009). Unfortunately, giving birth does not alleviate women from depression, as roughly 13% of women experience postpartum depression (PPD; Goeck e et al., 2012; O'Hara and Swain, 1996).
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research