It is forgotten by many that pregnant women are exposed to psychological crises during pregnancy and even after childbirth, which are complications that often negatively affect the life of the child and the mother in the absence of medical intervention.
The US State Department said, on Wednesday Tweet indicates that the ability to access psychiatric care can reduce premature mortality.
The US State Department tweet came from framework Developed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which emphasized that mothers receiving mental health treatment play a critical role in achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Rebecca Levine, USAID’s chief maternal health advisor, said the focus is usually on the mother’s physical health only, missing out on an important part, which is mental health.
Levine points out that many people don’t realize that mental health disorders are common in the perinatal period, including anxiety and depression.
And in Meeting Hosted by an agency affiliated center, Levine said mental health is affected in the perinatal period, as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder can affect the mother’s daily functioning.
She noted that one in ten pregnant women suffers from these symptoms in high-income countries, adding that estimates of the same numbers in low- and middle-income countries are much higher.
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists identifies prenatal and postpartum mood disorders and notes that perinatal disorders may negatively affect childbirth because they often remain undiagnosed and untreated.
points in Signed On the Internet, postpartum disorders are common, and the new mother suffers from sudden mood swings, feels very happy, then very sad, or cries for no apparent reason.
Psychological problems that may lead to suicide
Tayeb Hamidi, a doctor and researcher in health policies and systems in Morocco, warns that many psychological problems during pregnancy and after childbirth are not diagnosed by health care providers and may lead women to commit suicide.
My acid indicated in an interview with Al-Hurra that a pregnant woman experiences hormonal biological changes and changes in her appearance, because she carries another life in her guts.
These changes begin, according to the doctor, in the form of questions that haunt the mother about the health of the child and how it will be born, will it be normal or not? Will you know how to take care of him or not? These are all questions that worry the mother during pregnancy and create psychological problems.
The expert points out that psychological problems vary even within the months of pregnancy. In the first half of pregnancy, there is emotional fragility and depression, tension and fear for the health of the fetus, and even fear of pregnancy, while tension doubles during the second half of pregnancy, and the mother may suffer from lack of sleep and depression increases. .
The expert says that between 7 to 13 percent of women can suffer from prenatal depression, which may develop into delirium or what is known as “puerperal psychosis”, a type of schizophrenia that occurs after childbirth.
My acid believes that postpartum depression requires medical intervention, because it may even lead to suicide, indicating that it is often not diagnosed.
As for “puerperal psychosisDelirium, according to the doctor, affects a very small percentage of women, and often occurs one to two months after childbirth, during which the mother suffers from delirium and schizophrenia, which calls for urgent medical intervention and the transfer of the mother and even the infant to the hospital.
USAID experts urge the need to link women’s health during pregnancy with medical interventions to address psychological problems, through multi-level interventions such as community awareness, education, training, screening and prevention.
USAID shapes and supports country-led policies, practices, and programs that improve the quality of care, promote equity, and optimize coverage of life-saving care.
2023-05-25 00:54:26
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