Vol. 7, Issue 1, Part B (2025)

Introduction: Maternal mental health may be considered a determining factor influencing infant development; stress during the postpartum period had negative effect on child psychophysiological development. This project will be study if researcher or therapeutic smile can affect positively on mothers’ psychological health.
Method: Quazi - experimental study design one group pre-test/post-test design was caried out from period of 26/12/2024 to period of 1/6/2024 in AL-Hindi teaching hospital in holy Kerbela city in Iraq country. Questionnaire is assigned to depression, anxiety and stress scores DASS.
Result: Result show there are highly significant difference between women’s psychological status before and after researcher interventional therapy (smile) at t-value 9.24 and p value of 0.000
Conclusion: Study conclude that smile is effective therapy for improve postpartum mothers’ psychological health as it deceases level of stress, anxiety and depression scores.