CBT has positive effects on mental health,financial empowerment and parenting skills, long-term study showsCognitive behavioural therapy has significant positive effects on a mother’s mental health, or income,employment and parenting skills even seven years after the birth of the child, according to the first study of its kind.
The international research project into the impact of depression on pregnant mothers and their babies, and led by Professor Sonia Bhalotra from the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex,could own major implications for public policy.
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Source: theguardian.com