In fact, one in seven new moms will get postpartum depression, according to Postpartum Progress — a nonprofit that works to «raise awareness, fight [the] stigma and provide peer support and programming to women
with maternal mental illness [es].»
Climb Out of the Darkness ® is the world's largest event raising awareness of
maternal mental illnesses like postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety and OCD, postpartum post-traumatic stress, postpartum psychosis, perinatal bipolar mood disorders, and pregnancy depression and anxiety.
Ultimately, focusing on infant crying behaviour associated
with maternal mental illness should not be disregarded from the context in which child development occurs.
And
maternal mental illnesses are relatively common.
''... decisions regarding use of SSRIs during pregnancy must take into account other perinatal outcomes and the risks associated with
maternal mental illness,» concluded the researchers.