Mental health in the perinatal period and maternal stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: influence on fetal development

e202009104

Authors

  • Rafael A. Caparros-Gonzalez Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Departamento de Enfermería. Universidad de Granada. Granada. España.
  • Miguel Ángel Luque-Fernández Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada. Universidad de Granada. Granada. España. / Department of Noncommunicable Disease Epidemiology. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Londres. Reino Unido.

Keywords:

Mental health, COVID-19, Perinatal period, Fetal development

Abstract

In the article recently published in the Spanish Journal of Public Health entitled COVID-19 and Mental Health, its authors very accurately expose the fact that the mental health consequences of SARS-CoV-2 may be due to its direct effects and also to the indirect ones derived from the pandemic in which we are still immersed. In the aforementioned article by Fernández Bretón and García San Miguel, the groups of people vulnerable to suffering from mental health problems during the pandemic include people with a previous mental illness, hospitalized people, people in isolation, affected by economic crisis and healthcare workers. However, the pregnant population is not included.

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Fernández Bretón E, García San Miguel L. COVID-19 y salud mental. Rev Esp Salud Pública. 2020; 94:Mayo e202005.

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Published

2020-09-10

How to Cite

1.
Caparros-Gonzalez RA, Luque-Fernández M Ángel. Mental health in the perinatal period and maternal stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: influence on fetal development: e202009104. Rev Esp Salud Pública [Internet]. 2020 Sep. 10 [cited 2024 Nov. 22];94:2 páginas. Available from: https://ojs.sanidad.gob.es/index.php/resp/article/view/901