Postpartum depression is a serious syndrome that affects many mothers in a subtle way, making what should be one of the best moments in the life of a woman, a real nightmare. Sick with a newborn to care for, is a condition very heavy to handle. About the causes of depression, many assumptions were made about it, probably it is a disease of genetic origin in large part, in the sense that there is a predisposition of the mother to suffer, but there are also environmental factors.