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Postpartum Depression

For Some, Therapy Can Improve Postpartum Depression Without Drugs

Published in Law and Health Weekly, November 3rd, 2007

For the estimated 13 percent of new mothers who experience postpartum depression, counseling and peer support groups appear to offer symptom relief without medication, a new review of research suggests. However, at least one expert cautions against ruling out drug therapy altogether.

Postpartum depression — unlike the much more common "baby blues," which affect 70 percent to 85 percent of new mothers — typically occurs from three days to six weeks after the baby's birth, but can develop any time during the first year after delivery. A woman with postpartum depression often struggles with feelings of sadness, anxiety, fatigue and restlessness.

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