Psychiatry Information in Brief

Article Title

5 Tips to Treating Women with Perinatal Depression

Authors

Nancy Byatt, University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolFollow
Kathleen Biebel, University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolFollow
Gifty Debordes-Jackson, University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolFollow
Liz Friedman, MotherWomanFollow

Document Type

Tip Sheet

Publication Date

2020-05-27

DOI

10.7191/pib.1149

Abstract

Approximately 1 in 7 women experience perinatal depression, a depressive episode that occurs during pregnancy or within the first year after delivery or adoption. This tip sheet has 5 ways health care providers can help women who are experiencing perinatal depression.

This tip sheet is based off of Listening to Mothers: What's Helpful for Mothers Experiencing Perinatal Depression.

Keywords

perinatal depression, parenting, mothers, postpartum depression

Repository Citation

Byatt N, Biebel K, Debordes-Jackson G, Friedman L. 5 Tips to Treating Women with Perinatal Depression. Psychiatry Information in Brief 2020;17(9):1149. https://doi.org/10.7191/pib.1149. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/pib/vol17/iss9/1

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