The study analyzes the self-reported mental and physical health outcomes of more than 198,000 female parents — both adoptive and biological — of children up to 17 years of age. Notably, the percentage ...

Dartmouth Health Children's has created what it says is the first maternal mental health navigator role in the nation. Mental health can be a challenge for new moms.

The 2025 report by The Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health in collaboration with the George Washington University reveals 150 counties, with 100 repeat counties from 2023, are identified as ...

U.S. moms of kids ages 0 to 17 reported declining mental health from 2016 to 2023, according to a nationally representative survey. Mavocado/Getty Images By Aimee Cunningham June 3, 2025 at 9:00 am ...

The researchers found a decline in the unadjusted prevalence of excellent physical health, from 28.0% to 23.9%, while good physical health increased from 24.3% to 28.1%. HealthDay News — From ...

Still, its presence in JAMA Internal Medicine signals what I know and what you know to be true: Maternal mental health is not a niche issue. It’s national. Urgent. Undeniable.

Source Reference: Daw JR, et al "Trends and disparities in maternal self-reported mental and physical health" JAMA Intern Med 2025; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.1260.

By 2016, that fell to 26%. Over the same period of time, the percentage of mothers who rated their mental health as poor rose from 5.5% to 8.5%, representing a 63.6% increase. 3.

The findings show a sharp drop in maternal mental health, with only 25.8% reporting “excellent” mental health in 2023, down from 38.4% in 2016.

Significant declines in maternal mental health across US Smaller but notable decreases also reported in physical health Date: May 27, 2025 Source: Columbia University's Mailman School of Public ...

Among fathers, the percentage reporting excellent physical health declined as well—from 30% to 26.4%; the changes in mental health were less pronounced.

The mental health of mothers in the United States declined significantly from 2016 to 2023, according to a large new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine on Tuesday. The percentage of mothers ...