Burden and Risk Factors of Postpartum Depression in Southwest Saudi Arabia.
Safar Abadi Saeed Al-Saleem AlshahraniNorah Fayz Al-SalehAesha Farheen SiddiquiShamsun Nahar KhalilAlsaleem Mohammed AbadiHayfa Abdulkhaleq AlHefdhiSahar Awad Al-QadiAbdullah Ahmad AsiriPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
The risk of PPD among Saudi postnatal women was high. PPD screening should be an integral part of postnatal care. Awareness of women, spouses and families about potential risk factors can be a preventive strategy. The early identification of high-risk women during the antenatal and post-natal period could help to prevent this condition.