Culture strongly shapes the stresses on new mothers
By | |A group of studies that looked at the best data available from more than 40 countries across the globe found that the incidence of postpartum depression in mothers ranges from 3 to 63 percent, with Malaysia and Pakistan at the bottom and top, respectively. The rate for U.S. mothers is 10 to 15 percent. Although mothers in all corners of the world agree that lack of social support or an unhelpful partner can make them feel depressed, there are also many factors they do not agree on. One mother's blessing is truly another's curse.
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