Therapeutic Effects of the Traditional "Doing the Month" Practices on Postpartum Depression in China

Am J Psychiatry. 2018 Nov 1;175(11):1071-1072. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18050582.

Authors

Guodong Ding¹, Jing Yu¹, Angela Vinturache¹, Haoxiang Gu¹, Min Lu¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital East Campus Affiliated to Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai; and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. George's Hospital, St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London.

PMID: 30380935
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18050582

No abstract available

Keywords: Culture; Postpartum Depression; Postpartum Period; Postpartum Practices.

MeSH terms

China
Depression, Postpartum / psychology
Depression, Postpartum / therapy*
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Medicine, Chinese Traditional*