Maltrattamento e Abuso all'Infanzia
Volume 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 55-85

Post-partum depression in immigrant mothers: A review of the literature. [La depressione post-partum nelle madri immigrate: Una review della letteratura] (Review)

Di Folco S.* , Zavattini G.C.
  • a Clinica e Dello Sviluppo, Assegnista di Ricerca, Facoltà di Studi Umanistici, Dipartimento di Pedagogia, Psicologia, Filosofia, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
  • b Dipartimento di Psicologia Dinamica e Clinica, Facoltà di Medicina e Psicologia, Sapienza Università di Roma, Psicoanalista SPI e IPA, Italy

Abstract

This review investigates post-partum depression (PPD) in immigrants and refugees and possible barriers which may influence their help seeking behavior. For the bibliographical research, Psych- Info and Medline online databases were used, considering the period between 2004 and identifying 51 articles. Findings suggested: 1) peculiarity of needs and risk factors for PPD among immigrants; 2) the specificity of underlined and not so much studied cultural factors; 3) paucity of studies concerning social support in help seeking behavior; and finally 4) need of future research about their perceptions, social support and barriers to help seeking in order to plan possible strategies and programs of intervention. Copyright © FrancoAngeli.

Author Keywords

Not help seeking behavior Social support immigrants Post-partum depression Refugees

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84938404478&partnerID=40&md5=5368c5131fff4c454e16658e9d67de9e
ISSN: 15914267
Cited by: 2
Original Language: Italian