The risk factors for postpartum depression: A population‐based study

• Published in: Depression and anxiety Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 178 - 187
• Main Authors: Silverman, Michael E., Reichenberg, Abraham, Savitz, David A., Cnattingius, Sven, Lichtenstein, Paul, Hultman, Christina M., Larsson, Henrik, Sandin, Sven
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.02.2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Assessment/diagnosis; Cohort Studies; depression; Depression, Postpartum - epidemiology; Depressive Disorder - epidemiology; Diabetes; Diabetes, Gestational; epidemiology; Female; Health risk assessment; Humans; maternal–child; Postpartum depression; Pregnancy; pregnancy and postpartum; Prospective Studies; Registries; Risk Factors; Sweden - epidemiology; Young Adult; epidemiology; maternal-child; pregnancy and postpartum; depression; assessment/diagnosis

Background Postpartum depression (PPD) can result in negative personal and child developmental outcomes. Only a few large population‐based studies of PPD have used clinical diagnoses of depression and no study has examined how a maternal depression history interacts with known risk factors. The obje...