The Washington Post (8/4, Chandler) reported, “At least one in seven women experience anxiety or depression during pregnancy or in the first year after birth,” figures indicate. Still, “maternal depression remains vastly underdiagnosed and undertreated, with just 15 percent of women affected seeking professional help.” In 2015, “the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommended…that women be screened at least once for depression during pregnancy and again in the postnatal period.” In 2010, the American Academy of Pediatrics “recommended that pediatricians screen mothers for postpartum depression at well-baby visits during the first six months.”
Related Links:
— “Maternal depression is getting more attention — but still not enough,” Michael Alison Chandler, Washington Post, August 4, 2017.