Journal of Mental Health and Psychiatric Disorders ©2024 e Authors. Published by the JScholar under the terms of the Crea-tive Com- mons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, which per- mits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. JScholar Publishers J Men Hea Psy Dis 2024 | Vol 3: 103 Research Article Open Access Prevalence and Risk Factors of Postpartum Depression Among Post-Natal Mothers Attending Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria Abayomi Olarinmoye 1* , Adeola Oshineye 1 , Akin. Oyebade 1 , Damilola Nureni 1 , Ruth Ayuba 1 and Gregory Joseph 2 1 Department of Public Health, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Adeleke University, Ede, Nigeria 2 Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Adeleke University, Ede, Nigeria * Corresponding Author: Dr Abayomi Olarinmoye, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Adeleke University, Ede, Nigeria, Tel: 08135371603; E-mail: Olarinmoye.abayomi@adelekeuniversity.edu.ng Received Date: October 19, 2024 Accepted Date: November 19, 2024 Published Date: November 22, 2024 Citation: Abayomi Olarinmoye, Adeola Oshineye, Akin. Oyebade, Damilola Nureni, Ruth Ayuba, et al. (2024) Prevalence and Risk Factors of Postpartum Depression Among Post-Natal Mothers Attending Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria. J Men Hea Psy Dis 3: 1-12 Abstract Background: Post-partum depression (PPD) is a global public health problem that affects many post-partum mothers. When PPD is not timely assessed, identified, and treated, it can lead to problems with mother and child bonding and cause family problems, negligence, and infant death. is study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude, prevalence of PPD among mothers presenting for post-natal care and also identifying the risk factors among post-natal mothers attending post-natal care at Ahmadu Bello University teaching hospital (ABUTH) Zaria. Methods: e Social Cognitive eory and Evolutional eory were adopted for this study. e study design was descrip- tive cross-sectional. It was conducted among 200 post-natal mothers selected using a simple random sampling technique. A semi-structured interviewer administered questionnaire was used to gather information on socio-demographic characteris- tics, knowledge, attitude, level and risk factors of PPD. Data to assess the severity of PPD was collected using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Validity of the research instruments was done using face and content validation. Data analysis was carried out with IBM SPSS version 27. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square test were used to analyse the quanti- tative data at p≤0.05. Results: e mean age was 30.8±8.1 years. e result showed that some of the respondents 80 (40%) were Muslims, and 78 (39%) were Christians. On the ethnicity distribution, some 86 (43%) of the respondents were Hausas while 41 (20.5%) were