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Maternal Depression
Prepartum, postpartum, and chronic depression effects on newborns studied
June 28th, 2004
University of Miami psychologists conducted a study of the effects of prepartum, postpartum, and chronic depression on new babies. They evaluated 80 pregnant women for depression at about 26 weeks into their pregnancy and after delivery "to assess the effects of the onset and chronicity of maternal depression on neonatal physiology." "The women were classified as reporting depressive symptoms 1) only during the prepartum assessment; 2) only during the postpartum assessment; 3) during both the prepartum and postpartum assessments; or 4) reporting no depressive symptoms at either the prepartum or the postpartum assessment. "Maternal...
Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2004-06-28)
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