Citation

Van Niel MS, Payne JL. Cleve. Clin. J. Med. 2020; 87(5): 273-277.

Affiliation

Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and of Gynecology and Obstetrics; Director, Women's Mood Disorders Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation)

DOI

10.3949/ccjm.87a.19054

PMID

32357982

Abstract

Perinatal depression affects 10% to 20% of women in the United States during pregnancy, the postpartum period, or both, but it can be difficult to recognize. Identifying and treating this problem can reduce the alarming number of suicides among depressed perinatal women and the possible adverse effects of untreated maternal depression on their child's cognitive and behavioral development. In this review, we discuss the latest developments in screening, treatment, and prevention methods.

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