NURS 233 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Period, Mood Disorder
Week 7 families
What should be the definition of depression: it should be fluid so it can mean
something different fro every individual. There is still a stigma and there shouldn’t
be. People need time to get well and society doesn’t accept that
There are many definitions! The state of well-being and the capacity to deal with
stressors. The state of being or wellbeing in life
Why is the secret to happiness course so popular: maybe because everyone
wants to be happy, and social media is making it hard, and expectations to this
generation is high. 90% of our generation is feeling overwhelmed.
What does happiness mean to you?
Sense of fulfillment, balance, social networks really help!!, and it isn’t money (after
75 thousand dollars your happiness doesn’t get higher, you need money to fulfill
your basic needs), sleeping and self care, doing hobbies that you love, good food and
exercise, after meeting you basic needs giving away money to others makes you
happier
Yale is teaching us: self care is very important (get some perspective on gratitude
like what is going well and focus on things that are going well) (you can rewire and
focus on self care and try and be happy)
Postpartum Psychological Complications (it is in family because it affects the
whole family)
◦Psychosocial complications in the postpartum period have implications for the
mother, newborn, and entire family.
◦Interfere with attachment to newborn and family integration as a unit
◦May threaten safety and well-being of mother, newborn, and other children
◦ perinatal mood disorders (PMD)
◦ Up to 80% of women experience a mild depression or baby blues.
◦ 10 to 15% of women have more serious depression.
◦ Can eventually incapacitate women to point of being unable to care for themselves
and their babies
◦ Paternal mood disorder
◦ Predictor is having a partner with PMD- 10% of men have depression is women
does as well
Protection against this is early bonding, breastfeeding and skin to skin
Involve the mother and dad in the care and let them know what they need to do
because it halps them.
** something cool is for lesbian couples both can feed the baby like they can
stimulate lactation! That’s so cool!!!**
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Document Summary
What should be the definition of depression: it should be fluid so it can mean something different fro every individual. There is still a stigma and there shouldn"t be. People need time to get well and society doesn"t accept that. The state of well-being and the capacity to deal with stressors. The state of being or wellbeing in life. Why is the secret to happiness course so popular: maybe because everyone wants to be happy, and social media is making it hard, and expectations to this generation is high. Sense of fulfillment, balance, social networks really help! Postpartum psychological complications (it is in family because it affects the whole family) Psychosocial complications in the postpartum period have implications for the mother, newborn, and entire family. Interfere with attachment to newborn and family integration as a unit. Protection against this is early bonding, breastfeeding and skin to skin.
