Essays on Post Partum

Article Critique: Postpartum depression in mothers

FULL REFERENCE: Kozhimannil, K. B., Trinacty, C. M., Busch, A. B., Huskamp, H. A., & Adams, A. S. (2011). Racial and ethnic disparities in postpartum depression care among low-income women. Psychiatric Services.

RESEARCH QUESTION:

Are there are racial or ethnic differences and disparities in the prevalence of postpartum depression among African American, Hispanic, Native American, and White women?

RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS:

In the context that there exist significant knowledge and evidence gaps on other ethnic and racial groups in regard to the prevalence of post-partum depression, there is a high correlation between postpartum depression in low income African American women as compared to their White ...

Giving birth to a baby can be an eventful and an emotional journey in the life of a woman. She will be going through emotions like extreme excitement, joy, fear and anxiety. In some cases, the condition maybe even worse than these and may result in a more complex condition. The pregnant woman can get into a stage of depression following the birth of a child. A good number of women across the world have shown the tendency to develop minor depressive symptoms following the birth of a child. These include symptoms like mood swings, involuntary crying and difficulty ...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's penned "The Yellow Wall-paper" at a time of immense changes in the early- to mid-nineteenth century society. A woman’s position remained in the privacy of her home as she carries out her stipulated role as mother and wife. In contrast, men ruled the world of politics, work, and economics. Nevertheless, the middle of the century brought changes that impacted positively on mental health. Many feminist groups embraced the changes in the concept of the “the New Woman.” Psychologist Patrice Engle writes, “despite mounting evidence of the impact of maternal mental health on women and children, prevention ...

- Definition of the Problem

Family Planning Programme

Family planning in India is largely a government sponsored program under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The national family planning program in India was first launched in 1951. This was first governmental population stabilization program in the world. The program later underwent an expansion to include maternal and child health, nutrition and family welfare. The common methods of Family Planning include condoms, birth control pills, Intrauterine devices (IUD) and sterilization. Government efforts to implement Family Planning Programmes have had a significant impact in the country. It is estimated that by 1996, the program had ...

Introduction

One of the most debilitating conditions women (and some men) experience in life is post partum depression (PPD) after giving birth to a child. Ongoing research of this emotional and mental disorder continues providing medical and psychological professional practitioners with tools for earlier diagnosis, identifying women and mothers to be more prone to this condition, prevention, and intervention options. This academic exploration of PPD provides discourse on these characteristics connected to a better understanding of this affliction effecting women's health including emotional signals, biological factors, and other pertinent indicators. The discussion includes symptom identification, unexpected dynamics, as well as prevention and ...

Abstract

Depressive Disorders is an umbrella title for a varied range of disorders that include, major depressive disorder, Bipolar disorder I and II, and dysthymia. Bipolar Disorder is a debilitating condition that has a lifetime prevelance of 1-1.6%. It accounted for a $15.5 billion dollar loss in productivity during the 1990’s in the United States (Soreff 2013). This paper hopes to expand your knowledge on the key characteristics of depressive disorders with a specific emphasis on bipolar disorder. Depression and mania have been written about many times throughout the course of mans history on earth. King Saul was thought to suffer from depression, ...

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a short story which deals with the depression of a married woman and how her husband ignores her silent cries for help. Along with her depression, the theme of struggle to cope with the circumstances and to help oneself is also apparent. At many instances a reader can detect the autobiographical note in the story. Gilman herself suffered from post partum depression and at that time no one could really help her or understand her. This dilemma was also quite apparent in the protagonists’ life. The main aim of this research is to compare ...

Depression is a common disease which causes the patient to suffer from behaviors and thoughts which are negative and also by certain changes in bodily activities. These physical changes are called neurovegetative signs like body aches, crying spells, low libido, insomnia and weight fluctuations. There are different kinds of depressive disorders like manic depression, clinical depression, dysthymic disorder, postpartum depression, chronic depression and others. There are no specific causes of depression, it is caused by a combination of factors which are psychological, biochemical, genetic and environmental (Lunbeck Institute 2). It is therefore a complex disorder which has no specific treatment which is ...