Postpartum Depression: A Case Report of Bedapu from Aceh Singkil
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https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.395Keywords:
Mother, Sosial cultural, depression, customsAbstract
BACKGROUND: Postpartum depression is a commonly occurring psychiatric disorder. Prevalence of postpartum depression varies across cultures and countries. Many factors affect, trigger, or aggravate post-partum depression, including sociocultural factor. Bedapu is a unique tradition from Aceh Singkil on post-partum mothers.
CASE REPORT: We reported a case of two women with postpartum depression who performed Bedapu tradition on themselves. Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was conducted for screening and DSM-5 as the determinant of diagnostic criteria.
CONCLUSION: Postpartum depression has varying symptom spectrum, and Bedapu affected it by aggravating the symptoms of postpartum depression.
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Copyright (c) 2019 Belli Susandro Pinem, Elmeida Effendy (Author)
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