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Vulnerable Parenting: Psychological Prenatal Care and Reducing Maternal Psychological Distress During the Pandemic

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The pandemic has put parenthood in a vulnerable place for everyone, generating new challenges for women's experience of perinatality and parenthood. This study is an action research, cross-sectional, with a quantitative and qualitative approach, which will present the results of the final phase of the research, referring to the evaluation of the effects of Psychological Prenatal Care (PNP) in reducing maternal psychological distress. The results were positive in terms of the effectiveness of PNP in preventing postpartum depression and reducing psychological distress with regard to perinatal and parenting issues, even during the pandemic.

Source: Psicologia Teoria e Pesquisa

DOI: 10.1590/0102.3772e41nspe10.en

Authors: Aleida Oliveira de Carvalho, Alessandra da Rocha Arrais, Yácara Ribeiro Pereira, Lizandra Moura Paravidine Sasaki

Institutions: Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Brasília

Language: English

Topic: Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4409491021

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