“This is not who I am before giving birth”: understanding women’s experience of perinatal depression and anxiety

• Main Author: Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai
• Format: Proceeding Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine; RA790 Mental Health. Mental Illness Prevention; RT Nursing; RT86.3 Nurse and patient
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/106657/12/106657_%E2%80%9CThis%20is%20not%20who%20I%20am%20before%20giving%20birth%E2%80%9D%20Understanding.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/106657/; https://jknsarawak.moh.gov.my/hsk/6th-sarawak-mental-health-conference/

The perinatal period is well-known period of extreme change either physically or emotionally for some women, making them at high risk of developing mental health disorders. The most common types of the disorders are perinatal depression and anxiety. Although women across cultures shared some similar...