You carry it with you for nine months. After those nine months, what you produced is a beautiful baby. Though you are happy with the thought of spending the next eighteen years watching this tiny person grow, you can’t help but feel like something is missing. There are many different types of depression in the world. The feeling of emptiness as described above could contribute to the diagnosis of postpartum depression. After having depression for several weeks, some mothers experience the sister disorder - psychosis. Psychiatrist Leslie Tam states that the term postpartum distress (PPD) is just an umbrella term for postpartum mental disorders. Subjects under this category are the well know baby blues (depression), anxiety, and in worst case scenarios, psychosis (Tam, 2001). Each element of PPD is different to each new mother and can be differentiated by the extent and symptoms of the condition. As we all know, the baby blues are what happens just a few days after giving birth. But when they persist for over a week, thats when one should consult with their doctor. Psychotherapist Karen Kleiman, founder and head of The Postpartum Stress Center in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, states that “ Full blown postpartum depression is more serious and persistent. The symptoms include feelings of guilt, fear, loneliness, helplessness, failure; crying jags; insomnia; loss of appetite; withdrawing from friends and family. Some women have panic attacks or suicidal thoughts, or both”. She then goes on to tell the difference from depression to psychosis: “Psychosis, suffered by an estimated 1 in 1,000 new mothers, is more mysterious. The woman may have periods when she acts -- and even feels -- calm and clear-thinking, but then suddenly becomes delusi... ... middle of paper ... .... (2003, August 6). Despite Recent Cases, Postpartum Depression, Psychosis Remain Misunderstood. The Philadelphia Inquirer, p. 1. Miller, K. (2009, February 2). Hormone Linked to Postpartum Depression. In www.webmd.com. Retrieved November 14, 2013 Sharma, V., Burt, V., & Ritchie, H. (2010, April 1). Drs. Sharma, Burt, and Ritchie Reply [Letter to the editor]. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 167(4). Retrieved November 17, 2013 Tam, L. W. (2001, November). What is postpartum depression? [Electronic version]. Network News, 26(6), pp. 4, 5. Watson, W. J., & Stewart, D. (2005). Postpartum Adjustment: And Helping Families Survive the First Year. Patient Care, 16(1), 58-59,61,64. Wisner, Katherine L., Barbara L. Parry, and Catherine M. Pointek. (2002) "Postpartum Depression." New England Journal of Medicine 347: 194-99. Web. 9 Nov. 2013.
Today postpartum psychosis is known to be a serious psychiatric crisis that affects one to two women per thousand in the first few weeks following childbirth. Women tend to experience visual, aural, and olfactory delusions and hallucinations that enables a risk of self-harm,
PPD is sometimes known as Postpartum disorder or Postpartum depression; affects roughly. 9 to 80% of women after childbirth. PPD can normally arise within four weeks after giving. birth and it can even happen subsequently, much later in the same year. Men were also found.
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Pregnancies are often correlated with the assumption that it will bring happiness to the household and ignite feelings of love between the couple. What remains invisible is how the new responsibilities of caring and communicating with the baby affects the mother; and thus, many women experience a temporary clinical depression after giving birth which is called postpartum depression (commonly known as postnatal depression) (Aktaş & Terzioğlu, 2013).
Postpartum depression is indeed a major psychological disorder that can affect the relationship between mother and baby. At this time, the cause of postpartum depression is unidentified, although several factors experienced during pregnancy can contribute to this disorder. Fluctuating hormone levels have been traditionally blamed for the onset of postpartum depression. Jennifer Marie Camp (2013), a registered nurse with a personal history of postpartum depression, states in the Intentional Journal of Childbirth Education that “current research demonstrates that PPD may be a compilation of numerous stressors encountered by the family, including biochemical, genetic, psychosocial factors and everyday life stress” (Camp, 2013, p. 1). A previous history of depression, depression during pregnancy, financial difficulties, a dif...
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