Treat Mum, Cure the Kids
March 27, 2006 by kate baggott
Filed under Mental Health
The evidence is mounting that a happy, healthy mother leads to happy, healthy kids.
“If you’ve got a role model in your life that can’t cope or deal with stress, you’re not going to learn any skills yourself,” says mother Angie Hill in a recent article in the Toronto Star on Post Partum Depression.
Eight months after the birth of her son, the radio show host sought help for what she knew were depressive episodes.
According to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association proves that Hill’s seeking treatment not only helps her, but her son as well:
Treating depressed mothers rapidly reduces the likelihood of …read more
