Postpartum depression case: Miss Wang’s daughter is more than 3 months old, in the sitting time, due to her husband’s busy schedule, need to travel frequently, not much time to stay with her, by her in-laws to help her take care of the child. During this period, Ms. Wang often felt discouraged, and sometimes silently shed tears. Once, she even suddenly had the idea of strangling her daughter, but afterwards, she blamed herself for this terrible idea, and the whole person became depressed. Her husband came back from a business trip and saw her like this, so he took her to the hospital again for consultation, and after the doctor’s assessment, he thought that Miss Wang might be suffering from postpartum depression. Many women have had the experience of postpartum depression, such as crying and temper tantrums, and this symptom does not last too long, and will disappear about 12 days after delivery. Tips This strange emotional experience may be related to the changes in hormone levels after delivery. During pregnancy, a woman’s estrogen and progesterone increase tenfold. After delivery, a woman’s hormones drop to their previous levels within 72 hours. The rapid decrease in hormone levels during the postpartum period may be associated with the appearance of depressive symptoms. In addition, women’s concern about various physiological changes after delivery is often an important cause of postpartum depression, such as when the wound is painful, women are afraid to urinate and defecate because they are worried that their perineum will be split open; they will be bloated if they can’t finish their milk, and they will feel guilty about their children if they don’t have milk. Many times, especially young mothers feel depressed because they are unable to take care of their children. In addition, the lack of family care is also an important cause of postpartum depression. The lack of family care is essential to fight against depression. Mild depression after childbirth is just like a cold, and will go away on its own in about 12 days. However, there are 10-15% of new mothers who have bad moods and cannot relieve themselves, developing into “postpartum depression”. The more typical postpartum depression often occurs within 6 weeks after delivery and can continue throughout the puerperium, or even longer. From a clinical point of view, the occurrence of postpartum depression has a greater relationship with maternal personality, and women who are introverted, sensitive and stubborn are particularly prone to this condition. Tips Keeping a good mood is especially important for women during this period, and families should give more care to help new mothers get through the postpartum depression easily. For example, when the baby is resting, the new mother should try to get a scattered nap as much as possible, do not go online to brush the microblogging or do other things, to seize the time to sleep, even if it is just to close the eyes to rest, but also to restore energy; do not always stay at home, after the baby is full moon, you can take the baby to the outdoor fresh air, sunshine, do the right amount of exercise and household chores, etc., so that the mood becomes brighter. The new mother should learn to self-psychological adjustment, occasionally feel too much pressure can also be entrusted to the child temporarily to the family, and then go to do something they like to do, such as reading magazines and listening to music, about a few good friends to go out shopping, buy some beautiful clothes, etc.; couples to spend more time alone, mutual understanding and communication, more understanding of each other’s true inner thoughts and feelings. The feeling, do not put the dissatisfaction of each other in the heart, so that hold a long time not only affect their own emotions, but also affect the feelings between the couple. Finally, when the symptoms of maternal depression, to seek medical attention, in addition to the use of reasonable psychological treatment, but also under the guidance of doctors can take antidepressants, through the regulation of neuromediator function, in order to control the condition as soon as possible.