Depression during pregnancy can double risk of preterm delivery

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Depression during pregnancy can double risk of preterm delivery

Depressed pregnant women have twice the risk of preterm delivery than pregnant women with no symptoms of depression, finds a Kaiser Permanente study in Oxford University Press's journal Human Reproduction. The study, which is among the first to examine depression and pre-term delivery in a diverse population, provides a clear look at the link between depression and preterm delivery because the majority of the women in the study did not use anti-depressants.

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