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Perinatal depression among mothers in a South African birth cohort study: Trajectories from pregnancy to 18 months postpartum

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Highlights • Perinatal depressive symptom trajectories are understudied in sub-Saharan Africa.• A majority of women had mild levels of depressive symptoms.• The group with persistent severe symptoms had the most… Click to show full abstract

Highlights • Perinatal depressive symptom trajectories are understudied in sub-Saharan Africa.• A majority of women had mild levels of depressive symptoms.• The group with persistent severe symptoms had the most risk factors.• Depressive symptom trajectories differed by community context.

Keywords: depression among; african birth; perinatal depression; mothers south; among mothers; south african

Journal Title: Journal of Affective Disorders
Year Published: 2019

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