Abstract

Background Disasters have serious long-term impact on mental health of survivors. Women are especially vulnerable to mental health consequences of disasters, particularly during pregnancy and postpartum periods. This study investigated the predictors of postpartum depression (PD) among survivors of a devastating earthquake, which struck the northern part of Armenia in 1988. Methods We applied a nested case-control survey design to investigate women included in a large-scale cohort study of survivors of 1988 earthquake. The latter started in 1990 and had four …

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