Postpartum depression

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Contents 1 Used for 2 Broader Terms 3 Related Terms 4 Scope Note 5 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

postnatal depression

Broader Terms

clinical depression

Related Terms

psychosis

Scope Note

depression in women occurring usually shortly after the delivery of a child; degree of depression ranges from mild transient depression to neurotic or psychotic depressive disorders.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• " Return to top What is postpartum depression?Postpartum depression is an illness, like diabetes or heart disease.
• Women Vulnerable to Depression Postpartum depression is not much different than major depression, except that it strikes shortly after childbirth.
• What is Postpartum Illness? Postpartum depression is the name given to a wide range of emotional and physiological reactions to childbirth.
• Postpartum depression is more debilitating than the "blues.
• Johnson, MD, and Barbara Apgar, MD, Series Editors Postpartum Depression Despite the recent growth in publicity, postpartum depression is still all too often unrecognized or cavalierly dismissed.

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