Symptoms of peri-natal depression include sleep disturbances,changes in appetite, mood changes, and difficulty concentrating. There are many risks associated with untreated depression during pregnancy. They include preterm labor, growth retardation, decreased prenatal care, poor weight gain, and increased substance use. Depression during pregnancy is very common, but also under diagnosed because women feel they should be joyous since they are having a baby. Depression is very different from the "baby blues," which is very common after the baby is born. Fifty to eighty percent of women experience some form of the baby blues post partum. Women with the baby blues may be very emotional, cry easily, and irritable. This usually peaks three to five
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This means the baby does not receive the cognitive stimulation, modeling of emotions, and harmonious interactions that all babies need to survive and thrive. Long-term effects on the baby, as he or she grows, include insecure attachments, behavior problems, impaired cognitive development, and even future psychopathology. Peri-natal depression includes depression during pregnancy, postpartum depression, and postpartum psychosis. Left untreated, peri-natal depression may have lasting effects on the mother and infant/child. References: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/peridepsum.htm http://www.healthynewmoms.org/
...the inflation was there, and growing all the time. Prices and wages should have fallen, the first much faster than the second. (Johnson 1998 730). The prosperity was high as the Twenties raced toward their disastrous end with the stock market crash. Ever since, there has been finger pointing, but the fact remains there is no single cause of the severe depression. It was a number of things that came together at the wrong time. One of them was the fact that stock prices had soared, …show more content…
Though postpartum depression is a very uncommon condition if it goes without treatment it will affect the new born as well as the mother. A fathers PPD can affect the family as much as a mothers PPD. Ten percent of new fathers are affected by postpartum depression. As this unfortunate condition arise sadly the men and their partners fail to recognize it. So it's often over looked and tucked away for another time. As time goes on the fathers symptoms my worsen. You should know that symptoms are similar in both genders, but causes maybe different. You've probably already guess that hormonal changes can contribute to a mothers postpartum depression, but what happens to the male? Experts believe that because of sudden and unexpected change in a new fathers life depression can settle in after the baby is born. Because family structure is altered new responsibilities can arise. Sadly when dad is depressed he is likely to express and display destructive behavior such as; increase use of alcohol and drug abuse, shows of anger, engagement in conflicts, and risk taking such as reckless driving or even extramarital affairs. New dads may also start to take on more hours at work. Other signs of a depressed dad may include a sad mood, loss of interest or pleasure, weight gain or loss, over sleeping or trouble sleeping,
This means the baby does not receive the cognitive stimulation, modeling of emotions, and harmonious interactions that all babies need to survive and thrive. Long-term effects on the baby, as he or she grows, include insecure attachments, behavior problems, impaired cognitive development, and even future psychopathology. Peri-natal depression includes depression during pregnancy, postpartum depression, and postpartum psychosis. Left untreated, peri-natal depression may have lasting effects on the mother and infant/child. References: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/peridepsum.htm http://www.healthynewmoms.org/
...the inflation was there, and growing all the time. Prices and wages should have fallen, the first much faster than the second. (Johnson 1998 730). The prosperity was high as the Twenties raced toward their disastrous end with the stock market crash. Ever since, there has been finger pointing, but the fact remains there is no single cause of the severe depression. It was a number of things that came together at the wrong time. One of them was the fact that stock prices had soared, …show more content…
Though postpartum depression is a very uncommon condition if it goes without treatment it will affect the new born as well as the mother. A fathers PPD can affect the family as much as a mothers PPD. Ten percent of new fathers are affected by postpartum depression. As this unfortunate condition arise sadly the men and their partners fail to recognize it. So it's often over looked and tucked away for another time. As time goes on the fathers symptoms my worsen. You should know that symptoms are similar in both genders, but causes maybe different. You've probably already guess that hormonal changes can contribute to a mothers postpartum depression, but what happens to the male? Experts believe that because of sudden and unexpected change in a new fathers life depression can settle in after the baby is born. Because family structure is altered new responsibilities can arise. Sadly when dad is depressed he is likely to express and display destructive behavior such as; increase use of alcohol and drug abuse, shows of anger, engagement in conflicts, and risk taking such as reckless driving or even extramarital affairs. New dads may also start to take on more hours at work. Other signs of a depressed dad may include a sad mood, loss of interest or pleasure, weight gain or loss, over sleeping or trouble sleeping,