Behavioral & Mental Health

The hol­i­day sea­son is here, and this time of year is often asso­ci­at­ed with joy and hap­pi­ness. How­ev­er, for some peo­ple, the hol­i­days can trig­ger feel­ings of sad­ness and depres­sion. These feel­ings, often described as the ​“hol­i­day blues,” are not uncom­mon accord­ing to Quin­cy Med­ical Group Behav­ioral Health Ther­a­pist Paul Warning.

Moth­er­hood comes with a lot of joy, but it can also bring unique chal­lenges and strug­gles. As moms, it’s nat­ur­al to pri­or­i­tize the needs of our chil­dren, and it’s equal­ly impor­tant to take care of our­selves. Accord­ing to Post­par­tum Sup­port Inter­na­tion­al, one out of five women are affect­ed by mater­nal men­tal health dis­or­ders includ­ing post­par­tum depres­sion, anx­i­ety, OCD, bipo­lar, PTSD, and psychosis.