RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Peripartum depression: Early recognition improves outcomes JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO Cleve Clin J Med FD Cleveland Clinic SP 388 OP 396 DO 10.3949/ccjm.84a.14060 VO 84 IS 5 A1 Margaret M. Howard A1 Niharika D. Mehta A1 Raymond Powrie YR 2017 UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/84/5/388.abstract 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.