Cuidados de enfermagem a mulher com depressão pós-parto

Abstract

Objective: Search in the scientific literature what the evidence points about nursing care for women with postpartum depression. Method: This is an integrative literature review study conducted in the LILACS, SciELO, MedLine and BDENF databases from August to September 2021. The following descriptors and search sequence were used: Nursing Care, Post Depression -Childbirth and Puerperium. The corpus of analysis comprised 6 articles. Results: According to the selected and reviewed articles, the importance of identifying risk factors and monitoring of depressive symptoms in the postpartum period by nursing professionals was observed. Listening and correct analysis contributes to reducing injuries. Conclusion: The study made it possible to analyze that nursing is an indispensable and extremely important part of the multidisciplinary team, in the basic health unit, care helping in the planning of actions aimed at early detection of the development of the pathology.