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Domestic Violence and Postpartum Depression: a Study About 25 Tunisian Women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

B. Ghajati ,
N. Bram ,
A. Tajmout ,
I. Ben Romdhane ,
W. Homri  and
R. Labbane
B. Ghajati
Affiliation:
Freud department, Razi Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
N. Bram
Affiliation:
Freud department, Razi Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
A. Tajmout
Affiliation:
Freud department, Razi Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
I. Ben Romdhane
Affiliation:
Pavlov department, Razi Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
W. Homri
Affiliation:
Kendi department, Razi Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
R. Labbane
Affiliation:
Kendi department, Razi Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia

Abstract

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Postpartum depression is a serious mental illness and an issue of perinatal health. Its prevalence is continuously rising. Several studies have been conducted to explore risk factors for postnatal depression. Indeed, different predictors have been identified, among which domestic violence.

Aims

To determine the prevalence of domestic violence in patients suffering from postnatal depression and to explore possible links associating the tow phenomenon.

Methods

Twenty five women suffering from postpartum depression (DSM-IV), admitted to the psychiatry department 'C” between 2012 and 2014, have participated in a retrospective, descriptive and analytic study. Patients have been interviewed with a semi-structured questionnaire and with the Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST).

Results

The average age in our population was 24.3 years. Twelve women (48%) had an instructional level of primary school. Fifteen (60%) were multiparous with an average of 3.2 living child. Eleven of our patients (44%) reported abuse, especially emotional. Three of these patients committed suicide. Partners of abused women were unemployed in 9 of the cases (81%) and consumer of drugs in 8 of the cases (72%).

Conclusion

Domestic violence nourishes a panel of psychological and physical issues. Mental health professionals should be able to, early, identify victims of abuse in order to prevent such complications.

Type
Article: 1315
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 30 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 23rd European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2015 , pp. 1
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2015
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