Family Systemic Emotional Abuse, Orthostatic Hypotension, and Postpartum Mental Health in Zambians

This particular problem statement attempts to deal with the expansion of previous research conducted on 666 postpartum females in Ndola with regard to depression and stress, family abuse, and Autonomic Health with regards to orthostatic hypotension of postpartum women in Zambia. Family abuse pertains to emotional abuse by the family members themselves, while OH involves autonomic issues in postpartum women. According to the previous research, it was concluded that there is a connection between family abuse and OH. Moreover, it was revealed that around 24-25% of young mothers suffer from family abuse along with OH, and OH in 14% of the individuals surveyed. Problems like depression, anxiety, and others such as autonomic issues have been found in postpartum women suffering from the two mentioned conditions. There is lack of proper intervention strategies for the vulnerability above. According to Syntergy Theory, self-affirmation might help in such cases.