Enfermagem e saúde mental: o papel de atuação dos profissionais na prevenção da depressão no ciclo gravídico e puerperal

Abstract

Introduction: Primary health care is considered the gateway to health services and focuses on women's health through prenatal care. Objectives: To discuss how nursing care can help women during pregnancy, prevent depression, and provide essential mental health care to protect themselves and their unborn child. Methodology: This is a literature review, where information was collected from the BVS database to help enrich the construction of this work. Expected Results: The focus was on providing information that could help develop actions related to mental health care for pregnant women, through the work of nursing professionals, in order to facilitate the perception of situations that put the patient at risk of developing the disease or even in the early treatment of depression that is already apparent. Final considerations: It is clear that it is necessary to emphasize the systematization of nursing care so that it can contribute to the quality of care provided, minimizing the problem of depression.