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  Background & objectives: Women at child-bearing age are at risk of postpartum depression. Several medications have been introduced for treatment, but according to their side effects and also breast feeding women's desire for dietary complements rather than chemical drugs, this study has been done to determine effect of omega-3 fatty acids on postpartum depression in women referring to health care centers affiliated to Tabriz medical university in 2008.   Methods: This study was a double-blind randomized placebo controlled trial, which was done on 120 women with postpartum depression, who had including criteria's. First by using Edinburgh postnatal depression scale in women who gave birth 2 weeks to 3 months before, postpartum depression approved for determining the severity of depression, Beck depression Inventory scale was used. Women with mild to moderate depression who had a score 46 on the (BDI) enrolled in the study and randomly assigned to receive either placebo or 1gr of Omega-3 capsules for 8 weeks. Severity of depression was measured before treatment and weekly during treatment in both groups. The data was analyzed, T-Test, repeated measurements of one way ANOVA and chi square test in SPSS 14/ Win .   Results : There were no significant differences between two groups with respect to demographic characteristics. Results show that mean depression scores before treatment in omega-3 group (35.4 + 9.2) was decreased after treatment (17.7+7.0), there was significant difference (p

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Received: 23 Sep, 2015 Accepted: 24 Nov, 2015 Abstract Background & Aims: Depression is devastating condition that not only affects pregnant women but also their infants. Therefore, the current research aimed to evaluate efficacy of psychological education on reducing this problem in at risk pregnant women and increasing their marital satisfaction. Materials & Methods: In this experimental study with pretest-posttest designs, 534 pregnant women who were in last trimester of their pregnancy were evaluated, and 135 at risk mothers were identified. The participants were randomly assigned to the experimental or control group.  The intervention program composed of an 8 lesson of educational and cognitive-behaviorally based program that was delivered to the experimental group. Individual in the control group received usual care. In order to examine the effectiveness of intervention, symptoms of depression were assessed by the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale. Also using Enrich Marital Satisfaction Scale, participant's marital satisfaction was evaluated. Results: Comparison of demographic information indicated there were no significant differences between the two groups. The reduction in post intervention assessments for depressive symptoms indicated the significant effect of intervention program (p

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Background & Aims: Postpartum depression is a public health problem with unknown etiology. In multiple studies, several factors have been reported asthe risk factors in postpartum depression. The present study aimed to determine the predisposing postpartum depression in women referred to health centers in Urmia. Materials & Methods: 175 postpartum women who were eligible for the study participated in this cross-sectional.research. After the sampling at selected health centers of urmia University of Medical Sciences, participants completed a questionnaire containing demographic and Beck Depression Inventory.Then Spss 17 was used to analyze the data. Results: The findings showed that the mean±SD age of the patients was 27.78 ±6.11 years. 50.9% of the baby's gender was male, 52% were caesarean delivery, and 63.2% of were wanted pregnancies. 18.2% mild depression, 16.6% moderate depression, 12.6% had severe depression. There was statistically significant difference between depression and economic status, type of delivery, unwanted pregnancy,a history of depression, and problems related to spouse’s family(p

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Background & Aims: Postpartum depression is a debilitating disorder that occurs in approximately five to ten percent of mothers and half of those will not be detected. Symptoms include persistent crying, anxiety, fatigue, insomnia, discomfort and irritability. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between postpartum depression with adipokines and cytokines. Materials & Methods: This study is a review with a review of 18 articles derived from 52 articles related to risk factors and the relationship between hormones, adipokines and cytokines with postpartum depression searched the library and reputable online (pubmed, Science Direct, Iran Medex, Pubmed,) the period of 1996-2016was conducted. Result: The evidence indicates an increase in markers of inflammatory and immune system in depressed patients. Adipocytes associated with depression. Ghrelin, leptin and cytokines have been associated with postpartum depression. More studies are needed in relation to adiponectin.Although other adipokines such as orexin, Nesfatin, apelin and hepcidin are associated with depression, but a study in the context of their relationship with postpartum depression are unknown. Conclusion: Given that adipokines and cytokines associated with postpartum depression further attention and research about them as a predictive marker is required.

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Background & Aims: Postpartum depression is a critical condition that affects not only mothers but their infants. For this reason, early diagnosis and conducting counseling interventions are essential in reducing these problems. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of group counseling on postpartum depression in mothers referring to Hamadan health centers in 2016. Material & Methods: The study was a clinical trial. The study population consisted of postpartum women who were referred to health centers in Hamadan in 2016. A total of 82 people were selected by random sampling method and allocated to two groups of control and test (each group was 41). For the test group, eight group counseling sessions were run based on problem solving. Data were gathered in pre and post test with Edinburgh standard depression inventory questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS20 software, independent t-test, paired t-test, Chi-square and covariance analysis were used. Results: There was no significant difference between the scores of pre-test depression in the two groups (P> 0.05). Meanwhile, there was a difference between the two groups on post-test scores. So, group counseling training had a significant effect on reducing postpartum depression in test group (P

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Background & Aims: birth and acceptance of the role of fathers in the days after birth, along with are changes in the mood of fathers. These changes can lead to depression after the birth. This study was aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of depression after the baby. Materials & Methods: the present study is a longitudinal study that was conducted in 2016 on 160 fathers referred to health centers of Urmia city from 6 to 8 weeks before the birth to 6 to 8 weeks following the birth. For collect data was used from Edinburgh depression scale and questionnaire built by a researcher (questionnaire of factors affecting depression in fathers). For data analyze were using from software spss19 and tests descriptive statistics and to determine the relationship between risk factors and father's depression after the birth, the chi-square was used and p