Erdem, OzgurBez, Yasin2024-04-242024-04-2420091309-3878https://hdl.handle.net/11468/22161Postpartum blues which is seen during the postpartum period is a transient psychological state. Most of the mothers experience maternity blues in postpartum period. It remains usually unrecognized by the others. Some sensitive families can misattribute these feelings as depression. In this article, we tried to review the characteristics of maternity blues and its differences from depression. We defined depression and presented the incidence and diagnostic criteria, of major depression as well as the risk factors and clinic findings of postpartum depression. Thus, especially at primary care we aimed to prevent misdiagnosis of both maternity blues and depressiontrinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessPostpartum BluesPostpartum DepressionArticle113237WOS:000420906900008N/A