Klinische Depression

A Qualitative Investigation to Examine the Factors Shaping the Mental State during a Flood

Abstract

Johanna Peng*

Postpartum depression is a postpartum symptom in black women. Despite the significant proportion of Black women who have symptoms, postpartum depression is rarely accurately diagnosed and few obtain mental health care. Although the causes of this difference are unknown, they are probably complex. Black women are more vulnerable to sexism, racism, and classism due to the confluence of their gender, race, racial identity, and class, which puts them under more mental and physical strain and may raise their likelihood of developing certain diseases. The severity of May also affect a woman's capacity to care for herself and her unborn child and return to her regular activities before giving birth. Previous research has looked at the connection between Black racial identification and or maternal. Previous research has looked at the connection between Black racial identification and maternal functioning on an individual basis, but it hasn't taken into account how they interact to affect maternal functioning. As a framework for our selection and analysis of, social and racial factors that may affect Black women's functional status after childbirth, we use the triangulation of concepts from the Nigrescence.