Martinez R, Johnston-Robledo I, Ulsh H M, Chrisler J C
Connecticut College, New London 06320, USA.
Women Health. 2000;31(2-3):37-56. doi: 10.1300/j013v31n02_02.
A content analysis was conducted to evaluate the description of postpartum mood disturbances in magazine articles that appeared during the years 1980-1998. Nineteen articles about postpartum depression and eight articles about "the baby blues" were identified and analyzed for their discussion of etiologies, symptoms, treatments, resources, and demographic assumptions about their readers. The results indicate a strong bias in favor of the medical model of postpartum affective disorders. The articles contained contradictory information about the definition, prevalence, onset, duration, symptoms, and treatment of postpartum disorders, and the authors generally assumed that their readers were heterosexual, married, and middle class. Although the purpose of the articles was to educate readers about an important topic in women's health, they failed to provide accurate information, and thus are not a sufficient resource for new mothers who are seeking to learn about psychosocial aspects of the postpartum period.
进行了一项内容分析，以评估1980年至1998年间杂志文章中对产后情绪障碍的描述。确定了19篇关于产后抑郁症的文章和8篇关于“产后情绪低落”的文章，并对它们关于病因、症状、治疗、资源以及对读者的人口统计学假设的讨论进行了分析。结果表明，对产后情感障碍的医学模式存在强烈的偏向。这些文章包含了关于产后疾病的定义、患病率、发病、持续时间、症状和治疗的相互矛盾的信息，而且作者通常假定他们的读者是异性恋、已婚且属于中产阶级。尽管这些文章的目的是向读者传授女性健康中的一个重要话题，但它们未能提供准确的信息，因此对于寻求了解产后心理社会方面的新妈妈来说，并不是一个充分的资源。
