Nursing in postpartum depression and the impact on maternal and child development

Abstract

Postpartum depression is one of the main diseases that affect puerperal women, in this sense, studying how it impacts on their relationship with the baby is essential to understand the space occupied by nurses in obstetric nursing and in the search for a treatment that is beneficial for both the baby and the mother. The aim of this paper is to examine theoretical issues regarding maternal depression, in particular the impact of maternal depression on early interactions for child development. This is an integrative literature review, the databases used are: NCBI/PubMed (National Center for BiotechnologyInformation), SciELO (Scientific Electronic Lirary Online), Academic Google and Lilacs - Bireme (Latin American Literature and the Caribbean in Health Sciences). To delimit the contents, inclusion criteria were used: articles available in full, in Portuguese and English, published from 2015 to 2021 with free access and dealing with the topic. Maternal and child development depends on several factors and the first 48 hours are extremely important, as the baby has the first contact with breastfeeding and recognizes the mother, but when the mother shows signs of postpartum depression, according to the articles analyzed, the active participation of nurses in this stage is able to identify the first symptoms of postpartum depression, and also to carry out an active dialogue with the mother so that she can identify during the first months signs of depression and not confuse. them with tiredness that is common during the adjustment period between mother and baby. Postpartum depression directly impacts child development because babies feel insecurity, excessive attachment, sleep irregularity, anxiety, among other issues that impact the direction that the relationship with the family will take, in this context the The nurse is the most present professional in the first months of life, because both in vaccination visits and in routine consultations are necessary and thus, attention directed to the guidance of the family and the mother facilitates the identification of postpartum and consequent depression treatment.