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Post-Partum
Baby Blues
Some 58 percent of new mothers suffer from post-partum depression. This disorder can be mild or severe. The mild form is also known as the baby blues. Mild symptoms include anxiety, depression, irritability, confusion, crying spells, as well as sleep and appetite disturbances. These feelings can last anywhere between 24 hours to 72 hours. More drastic symptoms come with post-partum depression, including hopelessness, suicidal thoughts, infanticide, panic, among many other feelings that can last for weeks or even months.
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Depression Blogs
Bipolar You
The young adult's guide to bipolar depression.By Russ Federman, Ph.D.
Charting the Depths
Reflections on the science of depression.By Jonathan Rottenberg, Ph.D.
Depression Management Techniques
Understanding how your brain makes you depressed and what you can do to change it.By Margaret Wehrenberg, Psy.D.
Focus on Forgiveness
Forgiveness and its connection to anxiety, depression, and overall health and happiness.By Matthew B. James, Ph.D.
Generation Meds
How antidepressants cheered us up, let us down, and changed who we are.By Katherine Sharpe
Struck By Living
Coping with depression and living life to the fullest.By Julie Hersh
This Isn't What I Expected
Notes on healing postpartum depression.By Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW
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