Abstract

KROB, Adriane Diehl; GODOY, Josehelen de; LEITE, Keila Pamela  and  MORI, Samantha Gottardo. Depression in pregnancy and childbirth and pos maternal responsiveness in this context. Rev. Psicol. Saúde [online]. 2017, vol.9, n.3, pp. 3-16. ISSN 2177-093X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.20435/pssa.v9i3.565.

This article aims at the explanation of maternal responsiveness in the context of antenatal depression and postpartum. Studies show that depression has major negative impacts on the mother-baby in the gestational period and more serious postpartum. These impacts generated by depression interfere with secure attachment between the dyad which impairs maternal responsiveness and in turn the responses of infant attachment to the mother. This way, understanding how maternal responsiveness develops in this context, it can be critical to ensure the health of the mother, baby and therefore the whole family. So it is essential that monitoring pregnant women be more humanized by health professionals through a multidisciplinary team, working not only with aspects related to mother-child health, but also with the emotional aspects of the pregnant woman, thus aiding in the detection or prevention of depression during pregnancy and postpartum.

Keywords : maternal responsiveness; depression in pregnancy; depression in childbirth; mother-infant interaction.

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