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Article: Postpartum Depression: Management of Patients with and without Prior History of Depression.
- Article from:
- Psychiatric Medicine Reports
- Article date:
- August 1, 2003
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Postpartum Depression: Management of Patients with and without Prior History of Depression
Author: Anjali Gupta, MD, Psychiatrist, McLean, VA.
Peer Reviewer: Lori E. Ross, PhD, Research Scientist, Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; Postdoctoral Fellow, Womens Health Concerns Clinic, St. Josephs Healthcare, Hamilton, Canada.
Postpartum depression affects up to one-fifth of women following childbirth, and while it is seen as commonplace, it can evolve into one of the few true psychiatric emergencies. Not only is the mother at risk, with her ability to function and care for her child and herself affected by the condition, but ...