Reuters (7/13, Carroll) reported, “Today’s moms-to-be are more likely than women from their mothers’ generation to become depressed while pregnant,” researchers concluded after comparing “2,390 women who had babies in the early 1990s to 180 women of the next generation who were either daughters of the original group or were partners of sons of the original group.” Investigators found that “among the older generation, 408, or 17 percent, had high scores on depression screening tests, as compared to 45, or 25 percent, of the current generation.” The findings were published online July 13 in JAMA Network Open.
Also covering the study are MedPage Today (7/13, Monaco) and HealthDay (7/13, Norton).
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— “More women may be experiencing depression during pregnancy, “Linda Carroll, Reuters, July 13, 2018.