Using social media‐based drama therapy and family counselling to treat symptoms of postpartum depression among women
Elizabeth Odachi Onogwu,
Ojonugbede Samuel Alidu,
Anselm U. Anibueze
et al.
Abstract:This study examines the impact of social media‐based drama therapy and family counselling in reducing symptoms of postpartum depression (PPD) in women aged 18–34. The researchers used a quasi‐experimental design and randomly assigned the participants (n = 303) to the control, drama therapy, and family counselling groups. The key findings of the study are as follows. First, at baseline, women not only showed more symptoms of PPD than their male counterparts, but men also reached the PPD threshold of 12/13. Seco… Show more
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