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Improving Access to Mental Health Services: Could Lay Counselors Be Used to Treat Perinatal Depression?

About 15% of women suffer from perinatal depression -- depression which emerges during pregnancy or the postpartum period; however, most women with perinatal depression do not receive any type of treatment. While we have made [...]

By MGH Center for Women's Mental Health|2017-01-23T13:09:32-04:00January 24th, 2017|Depressive Disorders, Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy, Treatment|Comments Off

Depression Trajectories Across the Peripartum Period: Many Women Depressed During the First Postpartum Year

In the earliest studies, postpartum depression was described an episode of depression associated with childbirth, typically emerging within the first three months after delivery. As more research has been carried out, we have learned that [...]

By MGH Center for Women's Mental Health|2019-03-15T11:53:58-04:00September 26th, 2016|Depressive Disorders, Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders|Comments Off