What Should Everyone Know About Post-Birth Maternal Mental Health? [Forbes]

Karen Clemmer 3/22/189:41 AM

What should everyone know about maternal mental health during and after pregnancy?originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world.

Answer by Lauren Brody, Founder and author of The Fifth Trimester, on Quora:

First and foremost, we need to erase the stigma around perinatal mood disorders. They are shockingly common (1 in 7 women nationally; 1 in 4 women for more at-risk moms living in poverty or challenging circumstances) and yet they are shockingly under-treated. New moms are often, understandably, terrified to speak up about how they’re feeling, and then the problem snowballs.

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