Women's sexual health six months after a severe maternal morbidity event.

Objective: to investigate female sexual function in women six months postpartum and to compare sexual function among women who had and who did not have severe maternal morbidity (SMM).

Method: a cross-sectional study conducted with 110 women in the postpartum period, with and without SMM. Two instruments were used, one for the characterization of sociodemographic and obstetric variables and the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) for sexual function.

Depressive disorder in pregnant Latin women: does intimate partner violence matter?

Aims And Objectives: To identify the association of antenatal depressive symptoms with intimate partner violence during the current pregnancy in Brazilian women.

Background: Intimate partner violence is an important risk factor for antenatal depression. To the authors' knowledge, there has been no study to date that assessed the association between intimate partner violence during pregnancy and antenatal depressive symptoms among Brazilian women.

Mental health of women who suffer intimate partner violence during pregnancy.

Objective: To identify the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy and mental disorders in women in the pregnancy-puerperal cycle.

Methodology: A review was conducted of papers published in Portuguese, English and Spanish regarding the study theme. The databases explored were PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS and PsycINFO.