Postpartum Depression (PPD)
Mallory Owen, SN
Background
Postpartum Depression is a
common, unresolved complication
that roughly 600,000 women per
year in the United States possess.
PPD is characterized by
depression, fatigue and lack of
concentration or unwanted thoughts
following delivery. It is most
commonly caused from one or a
combination of hormonal changes
and psychological adjustment to
motherhood.
There is a higher risk and an
increase in numbers of mothers
that suffer from PPD due to them
having a preterm Infant (born <36
weeks of gestation).
Methods
Do women who have preterm
infants have a higher risk of
suffering from Postpartum
Depression?
P- Women in their childbearing
years.
I- Provide therapies and support to
expecting women.
C-Therapies and support can
decrease the amount of PPD
cases.
O-Decrease the amount of PPD
cases.
T- From conception to years after
delivery.
JACKSON COLLEGE
Results
Specialists are now using whats
called the COPE (Creating
Opportunities for Parent
Empowerment) program for
patients at high risk for preterm
labor (Parker).
Clinical problems related to
parental stress due to preterm
birth and NICU admission extend
beyond simple stress by parents
to that of helplessness,
insufficient knowledge,
decreased bonding, depression,
and the potential of post partum-
post traumatic stress disorder
(Parker).
Clinical Implications
It should become a necessity for all
After the administration of the
COPE program, families and
healthcare providers have found
that the stress, anxiety, and
insufficient knowledge about
there premature infant have
decreased significantly. Families
become education on what to
expected within the NICU
(Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)
and learn what to expect from
their new infant from each phase
of after birth, within the NICU
and when they begin the
discharge process and will be
taking their new baby home.
Conclusions
women in all stages of pregnancy to
be educated of the risks they have
at obtaining PPD and having a
preterm infant. Extensive support
and therapies can be beneficial on
the protection of the family and the
infant for growth and maturation.
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