The role of alternative medicine in treating postnatal depression.
Postnatal depression is a serious and debilitating condition. Due to the perceived stigma of mental illness, the incidence of it is under-reported and many mothers refuse psychiatric help, either assuming postnatal depression to be normal or because of the potential consequences of having a psychiatric history. Community practitioners who are in contact enhance the supportive care they give to these women. This article discusses the evidence for a number of these interventions which mothers may find more acceptable than orthodox treatment.
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Department of Public and Community Health, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.
D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000379:methods*; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans