Depression affects women during pregnancy

Patricia Rodríguez Calva In Mexico, depression during pregnancy occurs in approximately 14% of cases. This mental health problem increases when the baby is born, since postpartum depression reaches impact 24.6% of women. It should be noted that prenatal depression interferes with the mother's willingness to take care of her health. The most common symptoms are sadness, lack of energy and anxiety, indifference and changes in energy, sleep and app…

Conceição Freitas, professor at the Higher School of Health of the Polytechnic of Viana do Castelo (IPVC), was awarded, this Tuesday, with the National Prize of the Portuguese Association of Obstetric Nurses (APEO) 2024, for her doctoral project dedicated to pregnancy loss. The award was presented during the XXVI National and X International Congress of APEO, which took place this Monday and Tuesday, at the Fundação Engenheiro António de Almeid…