Mothers in Distress: Cases from the Maternal-Child Mental Health Consultation Service, Liberia, West Africa

Mothers in Distress: Cases from the Maternal-Child Mental Health Consultation Service, Liberia, West Africa

Maternal health and well-being have a direct impact on the welfare of the child, as caregiver distress contributes to morbidity in the child. Liberia's under-five mortality rate is improving dramatically but remains high: as of 2010, 1 in 10 children still die before the age of five. Psychosoci...

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Veröffentlicht in:Childhood in Africa 2013-12, Vol.3 (1), p.70-77
Hauptverfasser: Aloysi, Amy S, Samuel, Diana, Schuetz-Mueller, Jan, Presley, Rodney D, Cooper, Janice, Katz, Craig L
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Sprache:eng
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Child Welfare
Children's health
Health and Medicine
Mental health
Morbidity
Mothers
Psychology
Risk factors
Social psychology
Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:Maternal health and well-being have a direct impact on the welfare of the child, as caregiver distress contributes to morbidity in the child. Liberia's under-five mortality rate is improving dramatically but remains high: as of 2010, 1 in 10 children still die before the age of five. Psychosocial factors contribute to a child's increased risk for malnutrition, neglect, and infectious diseases. Among these risk factors is maternal mental health. Three cases from the authors' work on the recently established maternal-child mental health consultation service at JFK Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, are presented.
ISSN:1948-6502