Özet
 Perinatal mental hastalıklar gebelik sırasında ve doğumdan bir yıl kadar sonraki süreçte görülen ruhsal hastalıklardır. Major depresyon, anksiyete bozuklukları, bipolar bozukluklar psikoz gibi geniş spektruma sahip bu hastalıkların sıklıkla erken postnatal dönemde tekrarladığı görülmektedir. Altta yatan psikopatolojiler tam olarak aydınlanmasa da dönemindeki hormonlar, çevresel faktö...

ISSN 1758-2008 10.2217/NPY.11.56 © 2011 Future Medicine Ltd Neuropsychiatry (2011) 1(5), 413–416 1School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Australia 2School of Psychiatry, UNSW, Australia †Infant, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (Senior Clinical Psychologist), Liverpool Hospital, Mental Health Centre, Locked Bag 7103, Liverpool BC, NSW 1871, Australia; Tel.: +61 296 164 262; Fax: +6...

Despite growing interest and concern about men's mental health during the perinatal period, we still do not know whether men are more vulnerable to mental health problems during this time. The current study is one of the first to use longitudinal, population-based data to investigate whether becoming an expectant and/or new father is associated with increases in psychological distress. We analy...

Perinatal depression among Black Caribbean women in the UK remains an intriguingly under-researched topic. Despite high levels of known psychosocial risks, Black Caribbeans remain relatively invisible among those seeking/receiving help for depression during and after pregnancy. In-depth interviews were undertaken with a purposive sample of twelve Black Caribbean women selected from a lager samp...