Psychosocial factors associated with postpartum psychological distress during the Covid-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.
Luca OstacoliStefano CosmaFederica BevilacquaPaola BerchiallaMarialuisa BovettiAndrea Roberto CarossoFrancesca MalandroneSara CarlettoChiara BenedettoPublished in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth (2020)
This study reports a high prevalence of postpartum depressive and PTSS in women who gave birth during the Covid-19 pandemic. Postnatal psychological distress seemed to be associated more with the prenatal experience and other individual factors than with the pandemic hospital restrictions. Early detection during pregnancy of an insecure attachment style is fundamental to provide targeted preventive and therapeutic psychological interventions.