Protocol for a pilot study assessing a virtual mindfulness intervention for postpartum African American women.
Brain Behavior and Immunity Integrative April 1, 2024 Lindsey Garfield, Natalie N Watson-Singleton, Herbert L Mathews et al.
Elevated perinatal depressive symptoms are more common among disadvantaged African American women, and they are almost four times as likely to have postpartum posttraumatic stress compared to white women. For new mothers, depressive symptoms and posttraumatic stress can lead to negative parenting, poor mother-infant bonding, and delayed infant development. For African American women, a...