BACKGROUND Women with severe mental illness experience many kinds of problems during childcare and have a high risk of relapse. Previous studies have not revealed methods for preventing deterioration of mothers' illness. In this study, we retrospectively investigated mothers with severe mental illness, and we attempted to identify characteristics of mothers whose condition did not deteriorate a...

BACKGROUND Research demonstrates that most of the menopausal symptoms and problems are the reflection of individual and social circumstances rather than the endocrine events of the menopause. As majority of women live 30 years or more through postmenopausal period, treatment and following up their problems during this period is among the main duties of a midwife. The aim of this study is to det...

BACKGROUND To study causal associations between factors occurring during pregnancy, birth, and infancy and global quality of life (QOL) in adulthood 31-33 years later. MATERIAL/METHODS Prospective study from the Copenhagen Perinatal Birth Cohort 1959-61. Two sets of questionnaires, one filled out by physicians during pregnancy, birth, and infancy and a validated, self-administered questionnai...

Islands have traditionally been considered to be any relatively small body of land completely surrounded by water. However, their primary biological characteristic, an extended period of isolation from a source of colonists, is common also to many situations on continents. Accordingly, theories and predictions developed for true islands have been applied to a huge array of systems, from rock po...

BACKGROUND Nowadays, depression is one of the most prevalent mental diseases to which some individuals like mothers of mentally retarded children are more vulnerable due to their (children's) special condition. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the level of depression and its related factors in these mothers. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 12...

BACKGROUND Little is known about reasons that influence parents' decision to participate in studies enrolling healthy children. The aim of this observational study was to verify the reasons that lead pregnant women to give their consent or to refuse participation to a newborn cohort study with a long follow up time. METHODS To prospectively investigate the reasons that lead women to participa...

Childhood traumas predispose adult individuals to develop insecure attachment styles in close relationships and alexithymia features causing limitations emotional capacity. For new mothers, postpartum is a period itself that may increase mood problems such as depression anxiety mothers question their efficacy maternal role. Thus, the purpose of current research was examine relationship between ...