Feature Article: Strong as a Mother

Championing Maternal Mental Health in Delaware

Published: September 2021

Women of every culture, age, income, and race experience perinatal mood and anxiety disorders

(PMADs).

PMADs are the primary complication of pregnancy, childbirth, and up to twelve months

postpartum, with over 500,000 women diagnosed with postpartum depression each year in the

United States. Yet, with the necessary mental health care options often limited to well-resourced

families, 75% of women diagnosed with PMADs do not—or cannot—get treatment.