Janik Inga, Maciejewska Martyna, Fabian Danielewska Anna, Korabiusz Katarzyna, Wawryków Agata, Stecko Monika. Emotional disorders in the perinatal period. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(9):983-989 eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1419713 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5980 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/877659 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.08.2018. Revised: 18.08.2018. Accepted: 15.09.2018. Emotional disorders in the perinatal period mgr Inga Janik¹, mgr Martyna Maciejewska¹, lek. Anna Fabian Danielewska2, mgr Katarzyna Korabiusz¹, mgr Agata Wawryków¹, mgr Monika Stecko¹ 1Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Doctoral Studies of the Faculty of Health Sciences, ul. Żołnierska 54, 71-210 Szczecin 2Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, PhD Studies at the Faculty of Medicine, ul. Żołnierska 54, 71-210 Szczecin Corresponding author: Inga Janik e-mail address: inga.janik@wp.pl phone number:+48 697 458 242 Abstract This article focuses on the specificity of pregnancy and postpartum, as well as the mood and emotional disorders that occur during this period, especially: baby blues and postpartum depression. A particular etiological factor, which may contribute to or intensify the occurrence of particular postpartum period disorders has been distinguished. Attention was also paid to identifying risk factors and preventive interventions. Key words: postpartum depression, psychic disorders, baby blues, postpartum psychosis