اكتئاب ما بعد الولادة و انعكاسه على علاقة الأم برضيعها : دراسة عيادية لحالتين بمؤسسة الأم و الطفولة بولاية عين تموشنت

Abstract

The present study aimed to uncover the impact of postpartum depression on the mother-infant relationship. This study was conducted on two cases, aged 29 and 36 years, at the Mother and child Institution in the wilaya of Ain Témouchent, as well as at Belhadj Bouchaib University. The clinical approach was adopted, using its most important tools, namely : clinical observation, the semi-structured clinical interview, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, and the Bobigny Interaction Assessment Grid. The present study confirmed all the hypotheses for both cases, thus reaching the most important conclusion : postpartum depression does indeed negatively affect the mother-infant relationship in all aspects- emotional, affective, and even physical. The findings were discussed in light of previous studies.