More than half of the babies, who live in poverty in are reared, depression, according to new mothers with the investigation.
And to the mother, who is depressed may lead to actual problems for the child, according to researcher Olivia Golden, which, together with his colleagues of the Urban Institute wrote in the paper. "mother, that is too sad to get the morning can take care of all his practical needs of the child. If he cannot be the joy of his child, baby talk chat, play with the child's care, which are the properties of the brain development research has told us to babies ' garments and successful development of toddlers '."
The authors pointed out that his mother's depression had an impact on how long the infants were breastfed depressed mothers breastfed for a shorter period of time; in fact, 87% live in poverty breastfed their babies for four months or less severely depressed mothers with babies. American Academy of Pediatrics recommends breastfeeding for at least the whole life of the first year.
Unfortunately, the poverty-stricken maternal depression often goes untreated, said it was found that only 30% of the mothers, the investigation had spoken with the mental health professional at least 70% of the year the acquisition, the issue is no different from that of the and "we should focus on closing the gap" said Golden past authors ...
Golden and his group have pointed out, however, that there are many opportunities to help their mothers, which often come into contact with social services programs, such as food stamps and for women, infants and children (WIC) special supplemental nutrition Program.insurance in many of these mothers, who has not previously been coverage, including open Health care reform, say researchers.
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