RESEARCH CLINICAL FEATURES OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION

Đinh Việt Hùng1,, Phạm Ngọc Thảo1
1 Military Hospital 103

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Objective: To study the clinical features of postpartum depression. Methods: Analysis of clinical characteristics in 31 postpartum depression patients treated at the Department of Psychiatry, 103 Military Hospital. Research results: Time illness under 3 weeks was found in many cases (54.84%); Symptoms of decreased mood, loss of interest and enjoyment, insomnia accounted for 100%. Fatigue, pessimistic patients accounted for 93.55%. 29.04% of patients have delusions of self-incrimination, 80.65% of patients having suicidal ideation. Patients with severe and moderate level accounted for 93.54%. In which, patients with severe level with Beck score of 41.25 ± 7.76 and after 3 weeks of treatment, depressive symptoms completely relieved 87.1%. Conclusion: Clinical features of postpartum depression are diverse and abundant and test Beck is a method used to assess the level of depression of patients.

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