Factors Affecting Depression During Pregnancy and the Correlation Between Social Support and Pregnancy Depression
IRANIAN RED CRESCENT MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol.17, no.9, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 17 Issue: 9
- Publication Date: 2015
- Doi Number: 10.5812/ircmj.16640
- Journal Name: IRANIAN RED CRESCENT MEDICAL JOURNAL
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Keywords: Pregnancy, Depression, Risk Factors, Social Support, Turkey, RISK-FACTORS, ANTENATAL DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, POSTPARTUM, PREVALENCE, SYMPTOMS, MOTHERS, SCALE
- Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Background: Women are seriously subjected to psychiatric diseases during pregnancy and depression is the most prevailing one among these diseases. There is a relation between the social support and depression in pregnancy whose predisposing factors are genetic, psychological, biological, environmental, and hormonal.