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 anxietydepression, 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

  • Russ Federman, Ph.D., ABPP

    Bipolar You

    The young adult's guide to bipolar depression.
  • Jonathan Rottenberg, PhD

    Charting the Depths

    Reflections on the science of depression.
  • Depression Management Techniques

    Understanding how your brain makes you depressed and what you can do to change it.
  • Focus on Forgiveness

    Forgiveness and its connection to anxiety, depression, and overall health and happiness.
  • Generation Meds

    How antidepressants cheered us up, let us down, and changed who we are.
  • Julie Hersh

    Struck By Living

    Coping with depression and living life to the fullest.
  • Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW

    This Isn't What I Expected

    Notes on healing postpartum depression.

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