![]() ![]() Perinatal mood disorders include a variety of clinical entities, which differ with regard to the period of onset, the severity of the illness, and psychopathological features. Characteristics of personality have a key role in clinical manifestations of perinatal depression it is important to detect them to identify mothers at risk and to plan targeted therapeutic interventions. The first cluster (39.5%) collects structures of personality with prevalent obsessive or dependent functioning tending to develop a “psychasthenic” depression the third cluster (13.95%) includes women with prevalent borderline functioning tending to develop “dysphoric” depression the second cluster (46.5%) shows a normal profile with a “defensive” attitude, probably due to the presence of defense mechanisms or to the fear of stigma. ![]() The analysis identified three clusters of personality profile: two “clinical” clusters (1 and 3) and an “apparently common” one (cluster 2). A clinical group of subjects with perinatal depression (PND, 55 subjects) was selected clinical and validity scales of MMPI-2 were used as predictors in hierarchical cluster analysis carried out. The study started with a screening of a sample of 453 women in their third trimester of pregnancy, to which was administered a survey data form, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 (MMPI-2). To assess personality characteristics of women who develop perinatal depression. ![]()
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