Maternal mental health is an important, but often misunderstood health issue being faced by many women of child-bearing age in Africa and beyond.
Maternal mental health problems can range from anxiety, delusions -- thoughts or beliefs that are unlikely to be true, a manic mood, low mood and depression to psychosis, yet in many instances, society has no clue of the causes, pointing the finger towards witchcraft, spiritual issues, bad luck among others.
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