PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Margaret M. Howard
AU  - Niharika D. Mehta
AU  - Raymond Powrie
TI  - Peripartum depression: Early recognition improves outcomes
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.84a.14060
DP  - 2017 May 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 388--396
VI  - 84
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/84/5/388.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/84/5/388.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2017 May 01; 84
AB  - Depression is highly prevalent in women of childbearing age, especially during the postpartum period. Early recognition and treatment improve outcomes for mother, developing fetus, and infant. Caution is warranted when prescribing antidepressants to pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, but evidence is mounting that the risks of untreated maternal depression outweigh those of pharmacologic treatment for it.