The immediate effects of the Covid-19 pandemia on postpartum women

• Published in: Praxis Medica Vol. 49; no. 1-2; pp. 59 - 61
• Main Authors: Stojanov, Jelena, Stojanov, Aleksandar, Stanković, Miodrag, Žikić, Olivera
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Medicinski fakultet Priština, Društvo lekara Kosova i Metohije Srpskog lekarskog društva 2020
• Subjects: covid-19; mental disorders; postpartum period
• ISSN: 0350-8773; 2560-3310
• DOI: 10.5937/pramed2002059S

The new pandemic, caused by the corona viral disease 2019 (Covid-19), has brought with it a series of restrictive measures that have drastically altered people's way of life and which restrict freedom of movement, behavior and social engagement. At the time of pandemia, almost all aspects of each individual lifestyle have been impaired, especially in members of vulnerable groups, particularly women in postpartum women. Acute psychological reactions to a pandemia may include insomnia, fear of infection, anxiety, frustration, panic attacks, loneliness, but also depressive episodes. Non-psychotic postpartum mood and anxiety disorders can occur as an inability to adapt to stressful life situations. A comprehensive understanding of the impact of the pandemia on the mental health of women in the postpartum period is needed, in order to devise adequate approaches to recovery from such a major disaster as the Covid-19 pandemic.