Mental Illness of Pregnant Womenin Al-zahraaTeaching Hospital, Wasit Al-Kut 2019

Abstract

Maternal mental health considered as an important subject among leading public health experts. It hasbeen shown that women are two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with mental illness comparedto men. Chronic stress, experiencing war, and history of abuse are the most effective factors that associatedwith mental illness. Iraq has experienced years of challenging circumstances due to the political and socialenvironment as well as due to physical barriers to health care services. This paper presents findings ofprevious literatures in relative to mental illness among Iraqi women.In the current study, we are aiming todetermine the mental illness symptoms and effects in pregnancy during a period of all trimesters.Moreover,we try to assess risk factors’ effects on mental illness symptoms in order to have better understandingof the occurrence and associated factors in pregnancy.Type of study comparative cross -sectional studywith analytic component.A cross section study was conducted from 2018/9/5 to 2019/8/25. Observationsof present study show that there is a relationship between some factors like domestic violence,un plannedfor pregnancy, previous miscarriage, psychological trauma before or during pregnancy.Our study mainlyfocusing on women with maternal mental illness and inform strategies that would help to reduce and managematernal mental problems in order to promote their general health status.