Mental Health Status of Lactating Women Residing in Urban Slums and Rural Areas of South India: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Background: The transition to motherhood is often characterized by physical recovery, hormonal fluctuations, sleep deprivation, and the challenges of infant care, all of which can contribute to the vulnerability of mothers to mental health issues. The present study was conducted to estimate the burd...

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Published in:	Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Main Authors:	Chimata Naveen, Srinivas Rao Darimisetty, T. Madhu, Chittooru Chandra Sekhar, Niharika Borugadda, A. Sreedevi, Mandava Harshita, Shaik Arif
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-05-01
Subjects:	dass-21 lactating women mental health rural south india urban slum
Online Access:	https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_791_23