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October 26, 2010
Group Recommends Routine Screening Of New Mothers For Depression
ABC World News (10/25, story 8, 0:25, Sawyer) reported, "One of the nation's top medical groups says doctors should routinely screen new mothers for depression. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a study today that found up to one in four women develop postpartum depression. Doctors say the disease can have devastating effects for both mother and child."
The AP (10/25, Tanner) reported, "The academy says that every year more than 400,000 babies are born to depressed women." In fact, current "estimates say that between five...and 25 percent of women develop postpartum depression." The AAP recommends that "severely depressed women should be referred to experts for treatment."
Related Link:
- "a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=11960773">Kids' Docs Urged to Screen New Moms for Depression," Lindsay Tanner , ABC World News, October, 25, 2010.
Posted by admin at October 26, 2010 04:26 PM