Post Partum Depression Of African American

Running head: POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
Post-Partum Depression of African American women
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POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN1
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Depression among low income African women........................................................................2
Cultural differences and its effect on post-partum depression...................................................3
Effect of post-partum depression on African-American women...............................................4
Intervention approaches for addressing issue............................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................7

POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN2
Introduction
Postpartum depression is brought about in the women owing to the changes in the
hormone levels that takes place after the childbirth. The women having the post-partum
depression suffer from the feelings of the sadness along with the anxiety which prevents them
from carrying out daily tasks (Gelaye et al., 2016). This condition have been found to
develop within 4 to the 6 weeks after the mothers gives birth to the children. The African-
American women have the higher chances of developing the post-partum depression when
compared to the white women. They do not receive the treatment that makes them prone to
the incidence of the depression after the birth of their child. There exist the important cultural
along with the societal factors that makes the African-American women refrain from getting
any kind of help. There exists a mental stigma regarding mental health within United States
and it have been found to be stronger within the African-American community. This
literature review focuses on prevalence of the post-partum depression among the African
women having the low income. This review talks about the effect of the depression on the
African- American women and the intervention approaches that can be adopted that can
resolve the issue.
Depression among low income African women
The African- American women belonging to the age group 25-35 suffers from the
depression, anxiety along with the headaches after they give birth to a child (Gelaye et al.,
2016). It takes place on account of the fluctuation of the hormones which causes
inconvenience for the mothers (Irizarry et al., 2017). Prenatal along with the post-partum
periods represents the time of the unique vulnerability to the mental illness as the women at
this time goes through conflicting emotions at this time. The women have been found to
develop the hallucinations along with the delusion in the event of suffering from the disorder.