Post Partum Depression

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I think post partum depression is caused by multiple factors that include hormone imbalance, the emotional impact of having the child, and maybe genetic predisposition. Physical changes from the child birth would cause the imbalance of hormones which can lead to being tired and depressed. Emotional distress could be caused by how the baby has changed the mother’s life; sleepless nights and constant worrying about the baby.

It’s hard to say if she should be put in jail for what she did because she may have not had much control in the condition she was in. She definitely needs confined and treated in a psychiatric hospital until she is determined to be safe enough to exist in society. After what she did and has to live with, her psychosis and

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