Course of depression during the first 2 years postpartum among Brazilian women enrolled in a conditional cash transfer program.
Iná da Silva Dos SantosCauane BlumenbergTiago N MunhozAlicia MatijasevichHernane G Santos JúniorLetícia Marques Dos SantosLuciano L CorreiaMarta Rovery de SouzaPedro Ic LiraCaroline C BortolottoRaquel BarcelosElisa AltafimMarina Fragata ChicaroEsmeralda Correa MacanaRonaldo Souza da SilvaCesar G VictoraPublished in: The International journal of social psychiatry (2023)
Depressive symptoms were highly prevalent during the first 2 years postpartum. About half of the women with depression at T1 were persistent cases that could have been detected earlier. Screening for maternal depression should be an essential component in every encounter of women with health professionals in primary health care settings.