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When the "blues" won't go away: Postpartum Depression

 

Signs and Symptoms

 

Simple things you can do

 

When to see a doctor

 

When someone you love has the baby blues or PPD

 

 

Helpful Links

 

English Sites

MedEd PPD
Online PPD Support Group
Postpartum Support International
Pacific Post Partum Society
Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Women's Mental Health
NIMH: National Institute for Health
NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness

 

P¨˘ginas en Espanol: Depresi¨Žn Posparto

MedEdPPD: Mam¨˘s Los Dem¨˘s

MedEdPPD.org es el sitio de Internet desarrollado bajo el auspicio del Instituto Nacional para la Salud Mental para educar acerca de la depresi¨Žn pospsarto.

PSI Fact Sheet en Espanol
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
MedLine Plus (NIMH)
Family Doctor
Maternal and Child Library
 

Sources

  1. Irons-Georges, Tracy. Health Issues: Magill's Choice. Salem Press: Pasadena, CA. 2001. (p 735).
  2. Ainsworth, Patricia. Understanding Depression: Understanding Health and Sickness Series. University Press of Mississippi. Jackson, MS. 2000. (p. 31).
  3. Ainsworth, Patricia. Understanding Depression: Understanding Health and Sickness Series. University Press of Mississippi. Jackson, MS. 2000. (p. 31).
  4. Ainsworth, Patricia. Understanding Depression: Understanding Health and Sickness Series. University Press of Mississippi. Jackson, MS. 2000. (p. 31).
  5. Herman, Deborah. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motherhood. Alpha Books: New York. 1999. (p. 34).
  6. Kulkarni Misri, Shaila. Pregnancy Blues: What Every Woman Needs to Know about Depression During Pregnancy. Dell Publishing. 2005. (p. 51).
  7. Gil, Rosa Maria and Carmen Inoa Vasquez. The Maria Paradox: How Latinas can merge old-world traditions with new-world self-esteem. G.P. Putnam's Sons: New York, NY. 1996. (p. 7)
  8. Gil, Rosa Maria and Carmen Inoa Vasquez. The Maria Paradox: How Latinas can merge old-world traditions with new-world self-esteem. G.P. Putnam's Sons: New York, NY. 1996. (p. 184)
  9. Howell, Elizabeth, Pablo Mora, Carol Horowitz, and Howard Leventhal. "Racial and Ethnic Differences in Factors Associated with Early Postpartum Depressive Symptoms." The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 105 (2005): 1442-50.
  10. Irons-Georges, Tracy. Health Issues: Magill's Choice. Salem Press: Pasadena, CA. 2001. (p 735-6).
  11. Irons-Georges, Tracy. Health Issues: Magill's Choice. Salem Press: Pasadena, CA. 2001. (p 735-6).
  12. Hamilton, James Alexander. Postpartum Psychiatric Illness: A Picture Puzzle. University of Pennsylvania Press: Philadelphia, PA. 1992. (p. 55)
  13. Hamilton, James Alexander. Postpartum Psychiatric Illness: A Picture Puzzle. University of Pennsylvania Press: Philadelphia, PA. 1992. (p. 47)
  14. Irons-Georges, Tracy. Health Issues: Magill's Choice. Salem Press: Pasadena, CA. 2001. (p 735-6).
  15. Hamilton, James Alexander. Postpartum Psychiatric Illness: A Picture Puzzle. University of Pennsylvania Press: Philadelphia, PA. 1992. (p. xi and 74)
  16. Hamilton, James Alexander. Postpartum Psychiatric Illness: A Picture Puzzle. University of Pennsylvania Press: Philadelphia, PA. 1992. (p. 45)
  17. Kulkarni Misri, Shaila. Pregnancy Blues: What Every Woman Needs to Know about Depression During Pregnancy. Dell Publishing. 2005. (p. 93).
  18. Ainsworth, Patricia. Understanding Depression: Understanding Health and Sickness Series. University Press of Mississippi. Jackson, MS. 2000. (p. 32).
  19. Irons-Georges, Tracy. Health Issues: Magill's Choice. Salem Press: Pasadena, CA. 2001. (p 735-6).
  20. Irons-Georges, Tracy. Health Issues: Magill's Choice. Salem Press: Pasadena, CA. 2001. (p 735-6).
  21. Irons-Georges, Tracy. Health Issues: Magill's Choice. Salem Press: Pasadena, CA. 2001. (p 735-6).
  22. Hamilton, James Alexander. Postpartum Psychiatric Illness: A Picture Puzzle. University of Pennsylvania Press: Philadelphia, PA. 1992. (p. 42 and 311)

 

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