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Depression During Pregnancy

Depression during pregnancy or antepartum depression is also a mood disorder. Mood disorders refer to biological illnesses that involve changes in the brain. During pregnancy, there are several hormonal changes that normally affect brain [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression Not Uncommon During Pregnancy

The results of a review of studies involving more than 19,000 patients suggest that rates of depression during pregnancy are high. This might be especially true during the second and third trimesters. "Current estimates of the pre [...]

Posted On : May, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression in mothers during pregnancy associated with highe...

The cocktail of hormones cascading through depressed mothers’ bodies may play an important role in the development of their unborn children’s brains. A higher level of depression in mothers during pregnancy was associated wit [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy depression not normal, say experts

Experts at the country’s depression initiative beyondblue quizzed 733 men and women and found that more than half believe it was usual for women to suffer depression during pregnancy. The survey further discovered that one quart [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy depression screening concern

today, researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne warn that the screening tools are imperfect and there is a risk of focusing too much on providing interventions such as antidepressants and CBT rather than [...]

Posted On : Sep, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

Novel ways to treat depression during pregnancy apparently d...

Depression is known to be common during pregnancy. Approximately 14 to 23 percent of pregnant women may perhaps experience depressive symptoms while pregnant. It was estimated that during the year 2003, nearly 13 percent of women consumed a [...]

Posted On : Aug, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Acupuncture Can Boost In Vitro-Pregnancy Chances

This is news to all childless couples that now acupuncture is hope for such couples who have been trying for a baby but all in vain. It’s unbelievable that even acupuncture can also help a woman conceive. Acupuncture can increas [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

Could the pregnancy vitamin help men beat depression?

A vitamin used to lower the risk of birth defects may also be an effective treatment for depression. Research shows that men with high levels of folate in their diets were up to 50 per cent less likely to have symptoms of depression than t [...]

Posted On : Jan, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

15% of Women Struggle With Pregnancy-Related Depression

One in seven women suffers from depression before, during or after pregnancy, a new study finds.The consequences of depression can be devastating to the mother, her baby and her entire family, according to the report in the October issue of [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2007 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy And Depression

Pregnancy and Depression: Depression during pregnancy is far too common – and too often ignored 1in 5 women are depressed but few are getting treatment for depression studies have shown that depressed women have a higher risk of pret [...]