Prenatal Depression and Its Associated Risk Factors Among Pregnant Women in Bangalore: A Hospital Based Prevalence Study

• Main Authors: B. Sheeba (Author), Anita Nath (Author), Chandra S. Metgud (Author), Murali Krishna (Author), Shubhashree Venkatesh (Author), J. Vindhya (Author), Gudlavalleti Venkata Satyanarayana Murthy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Depression is the commonest psychological problem that affects a woman during her perinatal period worldwide. The risk of prenatal depression increases as the pregnancy progresses and clinically significant depressive symptoms are common in the mid and late trimester. There is a paucity...