Journal of Cultural Diversity

Running Head: SOCIAL WORK
Social Work (Overview)
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SOCIAL WORK2
Overview
The focus of the group would be to provide help to the African American women who
are going through the phase of depression during the post-partum period. The various factors
that have contributed to their depression includes the ones of the socio economic disparities
along with the attributes of the culture as well as class. Due to the inhibiting factors they are
even distinct from receiving support in terms of emotional as well as instrumental
(Amankwaa, 2003).
The group is a support group, which has been created with the aim of reducing the
factors of depression among the women and discuss the factors that might have contributed
towards its development. The symptoms those make the fact quite elucidated that the
concerned person is suffering from depression includes that of the anxiety, variance in the
mood and irritability. In most of the cases it has been seen that the post partum depression
due to the Blue Babies they have given birth to. It has been seen that out of 1000 women 2
suffer from the psychosis of post partum. The aim of the group is to reduce the symptoms of
the post partum depression among the participants keeping in concern the individual context
of the participants (Amankwaa, 2003).
Group information
The group size has been kept limited to that of five in order to enhance the cohesion
of the group. Along with the five mothers looking for help, the group would also include a
social worker who is professional and a mother who has suffered from the depression. The
choice of the smaller group has been a deliberate choice in order to enhance the experience of
the individual.
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