Postpartum depression affects 17–20% of mothers.
Evolutionary view: it was adaptive in ancestral small-scale societies—signaling need for allomaternal support from kin.
Modern isolation creates a mismatch.
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imrpress.com/journal/AP/27/…
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Evolutionary view: it was adaptive in ancestral small-scale societies—signaling need for allomaternal support from kin.
Modern isolation creates a mismatch.
👇
imrpress.com/journal/AP/27/…
#PerinatalMentalHealth #PPD #momlife #NewMom