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Maternal Depression Often Starts Before Giving Birth, Study Says

Maternal Depression Often Starts Before Giving Birth, Study Says

by The Daily Eye Team February 5 2015, 2:12 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 24 secs

A large new study has documented unexpected links in the timing and severity of symptoms of maternal depression, which could help mothers and doctors better anticipate and treat the condition. The study of more than 8,200 women from 19 centers in seven countries, published last month in Lancet Psychiatry, found that in those with the severest symptoms — suicidal thoughts, panic, frequent crying — depression most often began during pregnancy, not after giving birth, as is often assumed.

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