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1-10 of 200 for Pregnant and Depressed
I discovered 10 weeks ago that I am pregnant. I have felt like this for some weeks now and am unsure if I am depressed or if this is a side effect of the pregnancy. Even now -writing this I feel...
"They say, 'Why would a woman be miserable during such a happy time?'" Many depressed moms-to-be never discuss their emotions with anyone because they're afraid of being judged. ... Getting Pregnant
There may be a number of reasons why a woman gets depressed. ... In the first 24 hours after childbirth, the amount of these hormones rapidly drops back down to their normal non-pregnant levels.
Dr. Sudeepta Varma, a psychiatrist at New York University's Langone Center, said her profession has too long left obstetricians on their own to care for depressed patients -- a lack of...
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LIFELines Listing of multiple content items. ... Pregnant, Depressed Sailors Can Get Help ... By Lissa Ann Wohltmann for LIFELines; (Last Reviewed Monday, March 16, 2009)
One study by his group, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, compared children of women who took antidepressants while pregnant to those whose mothers were not depressed.
Pregnant depressed women are more vulnerable to nicotine, drug, and alcohol abuse and failure to obtain adequate prenatal care (15)—all factors that compromise fetal development.
Rates of depression are higher for pregnant women with chronic stressors, ... Depressed mood was measured with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory,
Two-thirds of pregnant women with clinical depression aren’t receiving any treatment, ... When the researchers analyzed data on the at-risk and depressed women who were receiving treatment,
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