India, May 28 -- A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine revealed that more and more mothers are facing problems with their mental and physical health.
Researchers looked at survey data from 198,417 mothers with children under 18, collected between 2016 and 2023. They found a noticeable drop in mothers reporting good mental health and a slight decline in physical health over the years.
Mothers rated their health on a four-level scale: excellent, very good, good, and fair/poor. In 2016, about 38.4 percent of mothers said their mental health was "excellent." By 2023, that number had dropped to just 25.8 percent. At the same time, more mothers rated their mental health as only "good" or "fair/poor."
Simultaneously, physical healt...