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Postpartum Depression Research Paper

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Mental health has become an important factor in a persons well-being and is recognized as having the same importance as physical health. The mental health of a person can determine how they act in society. Their mood and behavior can be severely affected in ways that family or friends don’t understand. A mood disorder that has a significant affect on family members is called postpartum depression. Postpartum depression is a mood disorder that occurs in women who have given birth a few weeks prior. This mood disorder is diagnosed after two months or even longer, new mother can be continuously sad throughout the day and feel as though not having a connection with their baby. Doctors are not able to know which mother will have postpartum depression …show more content…

Family and friends tell them “you made your bed lie in it” (Reese p. 1). Which was told to a young girl named Christina Martinez, when she came out to her family about feeling “overwhelming sadness after giving birth to her first child while still in high school.” (Reese p.1) This idea of you did it to yourself places a barrier on the teen mom’s that do want to seek out help. When they realize the way they are feeling are harmful to their mental health, to then be shut down when they decide on speaking out and wanting treatment. What increases the chances for teen moms to have postpartum depression is they can become depressed while pregnant. After giving birth this depression worsens but continues to carries on for months at a time and can go untreated if the symptoms are not …show more content…

There are times when new mothers are misdiagnosed and are given a lesser form of this depression. This is called having the baby blues, which is when a new mother experience’s mood swings, and anxiety. These symptoms can last one or two weeks after giving birth, where postpartum depression can continue on for months at a time. Even with baby blues having such a shorter time frame even after 2 weeks’ these new mothers are not being diagnosed correctly. In Mental Heath of Teen Mom Matters, Shiloh gives her experience “My son was crying and it was like the noise of scratching a chalkboard” (Reese p. 1) A new mom can face all these difficulties and my feel as though they do not have a maternal attachment to their

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