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Thesis
Adolescent Postpartum Depression: Nurse Practitioner Roles to Increase Resiliency and Social Support
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
05/2009
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3643
Abstract
The prevalence of postpartum depression (PPD) is higher in the adolescent population compared to adults. The purpose of this manuscript is to increase nurse practitioners' awareness of PPD in adolescent mothers. Risk factors for PPD, adolescent development, resiliency, and strategies to promote protective factors to reduce the incidence of PPD are described. This manuscript provides information surrounding treatment and referral options. It also identifies roles and responsibilities for the nurse practitioner in meeting this vulnerable population's needs in primary care. Awareness of community resources is essential to the nurse practitioner's role in achieving the optimum plan for the adolescent. Additional research on adolescent PPD is needed to develop prevention and treatment guidelines which are specific to this population's needs.
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- Title
- Adolescent Postpartum Depression: Nurse Practitioner Roles to Increase Resiliency and Social Support
- Creators
- Elizabeth G. Martin
- Contributors
- Margaret Auld Bruya (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590736601842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis