Paying Attention In The Postpartum Period
When a new baby comes home, there's a lot to pay attention to. So much so that the mother's needs are often overlooked. "Conservative estimates say 11 percent of women become depressed at some point in their first year of motherhood; others put that figure at closer to 25 percent. And that's just the women who seek help. Likely, the numbers are greatly undercounted — according to one study, fewer than 15 percent of moms who had symptoms of PPD actually got help," HuffPost reports. Mental health treatment after delivery is important, but the condition is often misunderstood. Now, with a drug for treating postpartum depression in the trial phase, is the stigma of "baby blues" about to be broken?
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