Prevalence and Associated Factors of Postpartum Depression among Postpartum Women in Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: An Institutional Based Cross-Sectional Study

Postpartum depression (PPD) is a universal mental illness that explains various groups of depressive symptoms and syndromes that occur during the first year after birth. Untreated postpartum depression has serious long-term adverse effects on both the mothers and their children. Despite its massive effects, particularly in low- and lower-income countries, women and clinicians do not adequately understand it.