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Risk Factors for Perinatal Mental Health Problems
- personal or family history of depression or anxiety
- relationship difficulties
- social isolation
- lack of social support
- recent life stresses: financial, job-related, recent or impending move, loss of a loved one
- adverse reactions to hormonal changes: history of severe PMS, previous postpartum difficulties
- complications in pregnancy
- history of eating disorders, abuse or trauma
- unrealistic expectations of motherhood
- difficult infant temperament, medical complications for the baby
- chronic sleep deprivation
- mother's perceptions of the birth experience as problematic, disappointing, traumatic, disempowering
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