Abstract
Teenage pregnancy is a problem that needs to be addressed. America has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the world. Prior research shows that pregnant and parenting teenagers suffer from depression and postpartum depression. This project aimed to examine whether pregnant and parenting teenagers do experience mental health problems such as depression and postpartum depression from mental health service providers’ perspective. This project is a descriptive quantitative study. Survey data were collected from thirty-one service providers in Sacramento County. The findings from this study demonstrated that mental health service providers viewed pregnant and parenting teenagers as experiencing high rates of stress and lack of self esteem more often than problems such as depression and postpartum depression. The implications of the study are discussed such as the need for mental health screening and ideas for future research are presented.