How to treat postpartum depression?

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Postpartum depression refers to women's obvious depressive symptoms or typical depressive episodes in puerperium. It belongs to puerperal mental syndrome with postpartum restlessness and postpartum psychosis. The incidence rate is 15% to 30%. How to treat postpartum depression? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

How to treat postpartum depression?

Supportive psychotherapy is also called supportive psychotherapy. It means that in the process of carrying out medical care, the medical staff reasonably adopt the methods of persuasion, encouragement, sympathy, comfort, support, understanding and assurance to the psychological state of patients, which can effectively eliminate the bad emotions of patients and make them in the best psychological state to receive treatment, so as to ensure the smooth progress of treatment and make the disease recover as soon as possible.

Interpersonal psychotherapy is mainly used for the treatment of adult depression in the acute stage. It aims to alleviate the symptoms of depression and improve some social problems of patients with depression. The common interpersonal problems of patients with depression include four aspects: abnormal sad reaction, interpersonal conflict, difficult role change and lack of interpersonal communication.

Music therapy is the most popular psychotherapy for depression. The limbic system and the reticular structure of the brain stem play a major role in regulating the internal organs and body functions of the human body, and music can directly or indirectly affect these neural structures.

matters needing attention

We should popularize the knowledge of pregnancy and childbirth through various channels such as pregnant women's school, reduce the tension and fear of pregnancy and childbirth, and improve self-care. Pregnant women with family history of mental disorders should be closely observed regularly to avoid all adverse stimulation and give more care and guidance.