"They should ask about our feelings": Mongolian women's experiences of postpartum depression.

Autor:	Withers M; Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Trop J; Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Bayalag M; National Center for Maternal and Child Health, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia., Schriger SH; Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA., Ganbold S; National Center for Maternal and Child Health, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia., Doripurev D; National Center for Maternal and Child Health, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia., Davaasambuu E; National Center for Maternal and Child Health, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia., Bat-Erdene U; National Center for Maternal and Child Health, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia., Gendenjamts B; National Center for Maternal and Child Health, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Transcultural psychiatry [Transcult Psychiatry] 2023 Dec; Vol. 60 (6), pp. 1005-1016. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 20.
DOI:	10.1177/13634615231187256
Abstrakt:	Between 16 and 20% of perinatal women in low- and middle-income countries experience depression. Addressing postpartum depression (PPD) requires an appreciation of how it manifests and is understood in different cultural settings. This study explores postpartum Mongolian women's perceptions and experiences of PPD. We conducted interviews with 35 postpartum women who screened positive for possible depression to examine: (1) personal experiences of pregnancy/childbirth; (2) perceived causes and symptoms of PPD; and (3) strategies for help/support for women experiencing PPD. Unless extreme, depression was not viewed as a disease but rather as a natural condition following childbirth. Differences between a biomedical model of PPD and local idioms of distress could explain why awareness about PPD was low. The most reported PPD symptom was emotional volatility expressed as anger and endorsement of fear- or anxiety-related screening questions, suggesting that these might be especially relevant in the Mongolian context. Psychosocial factors, as opposed to biological, were common perceived causes of PPD, especially interpersonal relationship problems, financial strain, and social isolation. Possible barriers to PPD recognition/treatment included lack of awareness about the range of symptoms, reluctance to initiate discussions with providers about mental health, and lack of PPD screening practices by healthcare providers. We conclude that educational campaigns should be implemented in prenatal/postnatal clinics and pediatric settings to help women and families identify PPD symptoms, and possibly destigmatize PPD. Healthcare providers can also help to identify women with PPD through communication with women and families. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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