Discussion
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2004) state that 12% of women report being moderately depressed and 6% very depressed after childbirth. Four million annual births in the United States represent 480,000 cases, or 1 in every 8 postpartum women. According to the Postpartum Resource Center of Texas (PRCT) (2003b), at least 36,500 mothers in Texas suffer from PPMD every year. Episodes of this crippling mood disorder last six months or more in 25-50%
of mothers (Beck, 2002). Yonkers (2003) states that 80% of women experiencing Postpartum Mood Disorder will have another episode