Puerperal depression was the term we discussed about yesterday, mainly about its signs and how does it manifest. Today we will see that how can it get cured. All biological, social and psychological causes are responsible for this mental instability.
As far as the treatment is concerned both medicines as well as psychotherapy and behaviour therapy play a pivotal role. Medicines like amitryptiline, nortryptiline, fluoxetine and imipramine are helpful. Psychotherapy is in the form of interpersonal therapy which mainly helps to subside the womans doubt and also targets the family members especially the spouses. many patients get relieved of their ailment just by the counselling and the mothers who were on drugs should be careful when doing switch over from drugs as when they breastfeed these drugs get secreted in milk.
Always remember that you should show your empathy towards the patient as she is undergoing through a low phase and your love helps her to get out of puerperal depression.
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