Relationships among depression during pregnancy, social support and health locus of control among Iranian pregnant women.

CONCLUSION: Clinicians could assess social support and chance HLC to identify and treat women at risk of prenatal depression. By providing support during pregnancy, depression levels in women and its effects on the fetus may be decreased, which could prevent postpartum depression. PMID: 26582784 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26582784?dopt=Abstract

Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - November 18, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Moshki M, Cheravi K Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: research