P 004 Depressive disorder in patients with multiple sclerosis
Results: Thirty percent of our subjects were diagnosed as PPD. Patients with PPD had more severe depressive symptoms during the last 3 months of pregnancy, higher rates of history of depression, PPD, postpartum blues, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, parental depression, poor social support, stressful life events during last 1 year, and problems in marriage as compared those without PPD. There was no significant difference between groups with respect to type of birth and pregnancy, history of abortion and curettage, and emotional re-sponse to oral contraceptive drugs. Conclusions: Assessing the factors that increase the liability to PPD would make it easier to detect the individuals with high risk and to provide earlier professional support to those individuals