Post Partum Depression Affects Mostly Younger, Poorer, Less Educated Mothers

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed data on post partum depressive symptoms (PDS) among mothers in America from 2004 to 2005 and found that young, unmarried women with lower levels of education, who were on Medicaid when delivered of their babies were the most likely to report having PDS.

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Filed under: Nursing on April 11th, 2008