The traumatic period that followed with all the anxiety caused by her medical treatment might easily have led to
her mother becoming depressed.
Not exact matches
The fathers most at risk are young fathers, men who are ambivalent about the pregnancy or their relationship with their baby's
mother or have experienced depression before, or whose partner
becomes depressed.
The freedom to have your
mother, partner or friend look after your baby while you work, or go on a night out, or while you just try to keep some semblance of your social life intact (single parents under 21 can
become socially isolated and
depressed easily).
Or, the OB may have been compassionate and said that so the
mother didn't feel guilty and
become depressed.
Each year, hundreds of thousands of
mothers worldwide
become depressed after giving birth.
No longer able to provide for his family or cover the mounting mortgage payments, Lizzie's father disappeared and has yet to return, while her
mother has
become depressed, withdrawn and even mute.
Like human
mothers, cows are able to feel the crushing sorrow of losing a child and often
becoming depressed, refusing to eat and crying out with sadness.
She's not the best
mother or she
becomes very
depressed post-partum.
Both naturalistic and intervention studies are, therefore, needed to provide clearer guidelines on factors that protect
mothers from
becoming depressed and protect young children from the effects of maternal depression.