Developmental Model of Depression Applied to Prenatal Depression: Role of Present and Past Life Events Past Emotional Disorders and Pregnancy Stress

摘要

BackgroundSeveral risk factors for depression during pregnancy have already been established. However, very few studies have conducted a multivariate analysis incorporating both the major predictors of depression in women, in accordance with comprehensive developmental models of depression, and specific stressors associated with the biological and psychosocial state of the mother-to-be.