Post Pardum Depression

The issue that I chose is Mental Health amongst families

Stress is bad enough when a child is succumbed to it but mental health takes this to a whole different level.  I am interested in post Pardum depression.  This is not touched upon much in our text however, I just think that it is fascinating.  I don't fully understand how a mother can be depressed following the birth of her child.  I would like to learn more about this to help the mothers if I should ever run into them and ultimately help the child also.

The following article is one that I found extremely interesting:

http://www.uppitysciencechick.com/how_other_cultures.pdf

This helps me in understand the full development of the family and fully understand how this course affects the family as a whole.