Peer Support for New Mothers With Postnatal Depression

Social support from peers may be effective to reduce postnatal depression, also known as postpartum depression in new mothers, revealed a new research published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Telephone-based peer support may help reduce maternal depression up to two years after delivery. All mothers were moderately depressed at the start of the study, but the depression reduced after peer support to 8.1% (3/37) depressed at midpoint, rising to 11.8% (4/34) at the end of ...