Postpartum Depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder

represents the one at the highest risk for the onset of a major depressive episode.

Unlike those who are called maternity blues, represented by a short-term lowering of mood, which occurs in the first 5 days after childbirth and resolves spontaneously in a few days without the need for treatment, in 10-15% of cases depressive pictures occur within about one year from childbirth and very similar to the usual depressive episodes.

These are characterized by emotional lability, disorientation, psycho-motor slowdown, delusions (for example, not being able to care for the newborn; guilt) and suicidal ideation, which can be dramatically complicated by infanticide.

For further information: Post Partum Depression

(SAD). It occurs mainly in the form of winter depression, which occurs for at least two consecutive years in the autumn-winter period, to resolve spontaneously in the spring. The symptoms are above all a marked feeling of tiredness, an increase in the hours of sleep and appetite, with craving for carbohydrates and weight gain.

For further information: Seasonal Affective Disorder

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