Diapers and Depression Anxiety

Diapers as Postpartum Anti-Depressants

A study has found that low income mothers who worry about being able to afford diapers have higher rates of depression anxiety.

The study published in the journal Pediatrics found that almost 30% of the over 800 mothers surveyed reported that they had trouble affording diapers. “Women who reported mental health need were significantly more likely than women who did not report mental health need to report diaper need.”

Chronic stress of any kind, childbirth, relationships, school, illness, financial insecurity, war, just to name a few, can cause depression anxiety.

Learn More:  How Stress Causes Depression Anxiety

Having a child is a stressful event by itself, adding the financial stress of being able to afford diapers for your child, leads to even greater numbers of depression anxiety in new mothers.

The study authors suggest using free diapers as an anti-depressant. “There is potential for pediatric providers to inquire about diaper need and refer families to a local diaper distribution service as 1 method to reduce parenting stress.”

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While free diapers may help some mothers cope with the particular need of providing diapers for their child, like anti-depressants, free diapers do not treat the underlying cause of the mother’s depression anxiety – financial stress caused by low income and poverty.

The way to reduce financial insecurity and depression anxiety for new mothers, as several other studies have shown, is by reducing income inequality in society.  Unfortunately, income inequality is a political problem not a medical problem, and there is no pill or diaper that addresses income inequality.

Until such time as our nation recognizes and addresses the psychological and societal damage caused by income inequality, the best a new mother faced with financial insecurity can do to deal with their depression anxiety, is eat healthy, take supplements, exercise, and find free diapers.

Here is a link to the U.S. National Diaper Bank Network to find free diapers nearest you.

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