Table 1.

Milgrom's conceptual framework factors of maternal postnatal depression.

Vulnerability factors	Socio-cultural factors	Precipitating factors	Appraisal
-Personality and cognitive style	-Lack of support	-Unemployment	-Lack of social support
-Childhood and family experiences	-Incongruence between real life of perinatal period and expectations	-Labour complications	-Maladaptive coping style
-History of perinatal depression	-Unrealistic image about motherhood or motherhood myth	-Mother's illness
-History of premenstrual syndrome		-Infant demands
-Poor marital relationship		-Financial stressors
-Previous Negative life events

Data from Milgrom et al. (1999).