Healio (4/21, Downey) reports, “The COVID-19 pandemic, in combination with systemic racism in the U.S., is associated with elevated levels of postpartum anxiety and depression among Black mothers,” investigators concluded in a study that “followed up with a total of 151 Black participants after their pregnancies between April 17, 2020, and July 8, 2020.” The findings were published online April 13 in JAMA Psychiatry.
Related Links:
— “Pandemic, racism linked to postpartum anxiety, depression in Black mothers “Ken Downey Jr., Healio, April 21, 2022