Saw a CNN article the other day about Post Partum Depression
A quote from the article:
"As many as one in seven women in the United States, or nearly 15% of new moms, is believed to suffer from some form of mental illness during or after pregnancy, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
The spectrum of illnesses goes beyond depression, which people don't realize, said Stone. Moms could be suffering from a range of mood and anxiety disorders; in the most rare and serious cases, impacting only 0.2% of all moms, they suffer from psychosis, the disorder that often garners the painful national headlines."
I've seen this "disorder" case pop up more often recently and so I tried to Wikipedia it to figure out who invented this new disorder.
It makes me wonder whether or not this aversion to stress for handling a new life will be a cop out to force new dads to have to do most of the work while the mom "gets herself in order".
Would this be considered another strike against being married with children and does this further promotes the reality that the "strong, independent female" slogan brainwashes and sets up women for actual failure later on in life?
A quote from the article:
"As many as one in seven women in the United States, or nearly 15% of new moms, is believed to suffer from some form of mental illness during or after pregnancy, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
The spectrum of illnesses goes beyond depression, which people don't realize, said Stone. Moms could be suffering from a range of mood and anxiety disorders; in the most rare and serious cases, impacting only 0.2% of all moms, they suffer from psychosis, the disorder that often garners the painful national headlines."
I've seen this "disorder" case pop up more often recently and so I tried to Wikipedia it to figure out who invented this new disorder.
It makes me wonder whether or not this aversion to stress for handling a new life will be a cop out to force new dads to have to do most of the work while the mom "gets herself in order".
Would this be considered another strike against being married with children and does this further promotes the reality that the "strong, independent female" slogan brainwashes and sets up women for actual failure later on in life?