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Interesting - do you have any studies on PPD not really existing in areas with well supported mothers? My understanding is that PPD is often triggered by external factors, like you point out sleep deprivation as well as anxieties about being a new parent, realizing your old life is gone, etc. but I also understand that it is often triggered by the hormonal cocktail that women have to go through during pregnancy, during birth, and post-birth.
Don’t doubt you, just curious for a source because this would shift the way I understand PPD
Comment by ergaster8213 at 10/01/2025 at 23:36 UTC
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I'd also be interested to see studies about this. A professor in my program was doing her dissertation on how PPD is handled in highly communal villages in certain parts of Mexico and they very much still had PPD occurring.