Category: Postpartum Depression

The Historical Context of Postpartum Depression Treatment Throughout the late 1800s, isolation was seen as a normal treatment to cure women suffering from postpartum depression. This treatment was known as the rest cure, which consisted of isolating the patient completely to avoid any mental activity and provide rest. At the time, a well-known feminist writer,…

Depression is a mental illness effecting behavior as well as thinking and function. It can happen at any time during life and to any one regardless of age, upbringing, sex, race, or spirituality. Postpartum depression is depression that occurs after a baby is born and differs from the baby blues most women experience after birth.…

Gene-environment interactions measure how genes can lead to different responses to the environment or how the environment leads to different effects of genes (Schnittker et al. 2015). The study of these interactions is essential to develop our understanding of whether genes or the environment have a stronger influence on personal health. Through research, it has…