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Maternal Mental Health in Pregnancy, Childbirth and Midwives Compliance at Selected PHC in Port-Harcourt Metropolis of Rivers State

Oweredaba Ibiene Theodore, Prof. Noreen Agbapuonwu and Mrs. Blessing Onyemachi

Abstract

Background: Current evidence shows that the prevalence of maternal mental health problems such as anxiety Post traumatic stress disorder and depression is between 5 and 30% during pregnancy and between 5 and 20% after birth in developing countries including Nigeria.

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