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MeSH Heading: Depression, Postpartum
Tree Number(s): C12.050.703.844.253; F03.600.300.350
Unique ID: D019052
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019052
Annotation: coordinate with specific psychiatric disease if relevant; check the tag FEMALE
Scope Note: Depression in POSTPARTUM WOMEN, usually within four weeks after giving birth (PARTURITION). The degree of depression ranges from mild transient depression to neurotic or psychotic depressive disorders. (From DSM-IV, p386)
Entry Term(s): Post-Natal Depression; Post-Natal Dysphoria; Post-Partum Depression; Post-Partum Dysphoria; Postnatal Depression; Postnatal Dysphoria; Postpartum Depression; Postpartum Dysphoria
NLM Classification #: WQ 500
Previous Indexing: Depression (1966-1995); Depressive Disorder (1981-1995); Puerperal Disorders (1966-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/05/26
Revision Date: 2021/10/18

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0028442
Scope Note: Depression in POSTPARTUM WOMEN, usually within four weeks after giving birth (PARTURITION). The degree of depression ranges from mild transient depression to neurotic or psychotic depressive disorders. (From DSM-IV, p386)
Terms: Depression, Postpartum Preferred Term
Term UI T056891
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Postpartum Depression
Term UI T056890
Date02/02/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Post-Natal Depression
Term UI T056892
Date03/14/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Post-Partum Depression
Term UI T056893
Date03/14/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Postnatal Depression
Term UI T056894
Date02/02/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996)

Concept UI: M000751836
Terms: Postnatal Dysphoria Preferred Term
Term UI T001111526
Date09/10/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Postpartum Dysphoria
Term UI T001111527
Date09/10/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Post-Partum Dysphoria
Term UI T001111528
Date09/10/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Post-Natal Dysphoria
Term UI T001111529
Date09/10/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023)

Depression, Postpartum MeSH Descriptor Data 2025