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Postpartum depression
Postpartum depression: Introduction
True postnatal depression can be a severe mental illness. However, the massive hormonal, physical, and emotional effects from childbirth and a new baby are well known to cause emotional symptoms. It is normal to suffer some level of "baby blues", and particularly common is some level of crying or distress on the third day after birth. It's not easy being a mother and first-time mothers often feel overwhelmed. A new mother feeling down, moody, or a bit "depressed" does not usually warrant the diagnosis of full postnatal depression. However, persistent depressive symptoms do need professional medical investigation.
Symptoms of Postpartum depression
See full list of 41 symptoms of Postpartum depression
Home Diagnostic Testing
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Postpartum depression: Complications
Review possible medical complications related to Postpartum depression:
- Relationship problems
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Medical Textbooks Online about Postpartum depression
Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Diagnostic Tests for Postpartum depression
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Postpartum depression?
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Postpartum depression: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Postpartum depression
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Postpartum depression: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Hospitals & Clinics: Postpartum depression
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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Postpartum depression, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:
- 50 Best Hospitals Report
- Women's Health Best Hospitals
- Patient Safety
- Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)
Postpartum depression: Rare Types
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Causes of Postpartum depression
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Treatments for Postpartum depression
- Antidepressant medications
- Psychotherapy
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- Rest
- Emotional support
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Prognosis for Postpartum depression
Prognosis for Postpartum depression: Often temporary.
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Reseach about Postpartum depression
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Clinical Trials for Postpartum depression
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Postpartum depression include:
- Outcome of Postnatal Depression Screening Using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Effectiveness of Supplemental Calcium in Preventing Postpartum Depression - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Elemental calcium (as carbonate)
- The Effects of Hormones in Postpartum Mood Disorders - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Lupron
- Lexapro in the Treatment of Patients With Postpartum Depression - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Escitalopram (Lexapro)
- Clinical Trial of Estrogen for Postpartum Depression - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - 17 beta-estradiol
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See full list of 21 Clinical Trials for Postpartum depression
Statistics for Postpartum depression
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Types of Postpartum depression
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Article Excerpts about Postpartum depression
The term postpartum depression describes the range of physical, emotional, and behavioral changes that many new mothers experience following the delivery of their babies. Symptoms of this condition can range from mild to severe. A new mother's depression may be a mild, brief bout of "baby blues"; or she may suffer from postpartum depression, a much more serious condition. In some cases, new mothers may have postpartum psychosis, a relatively rare but severe and incapacitating illness. (Source: excerpt from Postpartum Depression Fact Sheet: NWHIC)
Definitions of Postpartum depression:
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. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Postpartum depression is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Postpartum depression, or a subtype of Postpartum depression,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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- External links relating to Postpartum depression
- DEPRESSION (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND OTHER ABNORMAL PSYCHIC STATES (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Depression (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Fontanel depression (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Major depression (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Puerperal infection (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Depression (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Fontanel depression (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Depression (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Depression (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Depression, major (Handbook of Diseases)
- Fontanel depression (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
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