Postpartum depression may persist three years after giving birth

(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) A National Institutes of Health study of 5,000 women has found that approximately 1 in 4 experienced high levels of depressive symptoms at some point in the three years after giving birth. The rest of the women experienced low levels of depression throughout the three-year span. The study was conducted by researchers at NIH's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news