Obstetricians Don't Identify Majority of Patients with Depression During Pregnancy or Postpartum - Postpartum Progress
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Obstetricians Don't Identify Majority of Patients with Depression During Pregnancy or Postpartum - Postpartum Progress
A new study published in the Journal of Women's Health finds that obstetricians are missing many cases of postpartum depression among their patients. I know this doesn't come as a surprise to most of you. Of the 491 women who participated in the study, "23% of participants screened positive for an anxiety disorder or high levels of depressive symptoms or both prenatally, and 17% screened positive at 6 weeks postpartum. The majority of women who screened positive were not identified by their
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