'I would not have kept the baby': Fighting depression in pregnancy
, a largely rural part of south-eastern Kenya. One of the country's poorest counties, it has no resident psychologists.
The birth attendants used the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale questionnaire and then a WHO mental health intervention guide, both of which are designed for use outside of clinics and hospitalsA quarter of the mothers in the study were found to have mild to moderate depression. Three-quarters had experienced
She said:"If it were not for this programme and the help of a birth attendant, I would not have kept this baby to term and perhaps not gone for all the antenatal visits. Birth attendants intervened by talking through problems, involving supportive family members, and flagging any signs of mistreatment.
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