Abstract
One hundred fifty female admitted consecutively during the months of May and April 1978 during the Lebanon wars to the delivery suite at Saint George hospital, Beirut, were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. This study was one of the pilot studies of our later initiated studies on depression in Lebanon. The study was conducted in two phases: the first on the second post- delivery day (1987). The second one year later. The prevalence of major depression in these females was found o be 31.3% lifetime, 10% during pregnancy and 10.9% during one year follow-up. Lifetime depression increased with the number of children in the household. Depression during pregnancy was found to be inversely related to economic and educational levels. Journal Médical Libanais, 47(3), 169-174.

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