Depressão pós-parto e suas repercussões no vínculo mãe-bebê

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the repercussions of postpartum depression on the mother-infant bond. To this end, a literature review was conducted through access to articles indexed in the SciELO, BVS-Psi e PePsic databases. Throughout the study, the goal was to understand the aspects surrounding the concept of being a woman from a psychoanalytic perspective, contrasting it with medical psychiatry, given that the aim was to understand motherhood and postpartum depression, or rather, the lack of narcissistic investment, beyond the descriptive criteria of classical psychopathology. The study sought to explore what the mother-infant bond would be like in a puerperal context where the situation differs from the idealized view of motherhood, with the intention of addressing themes related to maternal investment, mourning, gains, and other factors that surround mothering and parenthood.