Mental health is part of wellness

Medical News Today reported that the mental health of mothers is linked to the health of her baby. The University of Michigan Health Systems study suggests that “efforts to reduce child mortality and improve infant growth, health, and nutritional status in less-developed countries must address the mental health of new moms.” In addition, “two-thirds of participating mothers of sick, hospitalized babies in Ghana showed high risk for symptoms of clinical depression – which puts their babies and young children at significant health risks – according to the new research that appears in theInternational Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics.”

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