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Policy for Promotion of Women’s Mental Health: Insight from Analysis of Policy on Postnatal Depression in Mexico

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This article critically examines federal, state and facility-level policies, as well as clinical practice guidelines regarding postnatal depression in Mexico. Thirteen documents including national health plans, national action plans, federal and state laws and regulations, clinical practice guidelines, and public-sector healthcare facility policies were collected and evaluated according to whether they included a statement of intent and/or actions related to the care of women at risk for or experiencing postnatal depression. While postnatal depression is included in several policies in Mexico, it is not addressed in ways that guide actions to manage postnatal depression. Specific direction on postnatal depression in policies would bridge a gap in maternal mental healthcare given that medication, treatment, and timing of interventions is unique in the postpartum context.

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  1. Social security benefits may include medical assistance, protection of basic necessities of subsistence, access to social services, and a pension.

  2. The years of a presidential administration are a time period where consistency in the national health and action plans are maintained.

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This work was supported by The Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior at the University of South Carolina; the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at the University of South Carolina; the Walker Institute for International Studies at the University of South Carolina; and the Katie Memorial Foundation.

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  1. Department of Physiology and Health Science, Ball State University, Cooper CL325, Muncie, 47306, IN, USA

    Jean Marie S. Place

  2. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

    Deborah L. Billings, Edward A. Frongillo, Christine E. Blake & Joshua R. Mann

  3. Advocates for Youth, Columbia, SC, USA

    Deborah L. Billings

  4. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

    Filipa deCastro

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Place, J.M.S., Billings, D.L., Frongillo, E.A. et al. Policy for Promotion of Women’s Mental Health: Insight from Analysis of Policy on Postnatal Depression in Mexico. Adm Policy Ment Health 43, 189–198 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-015-0629-x

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