TY - JOUR
T1 - Raising the awareness of primary care providers about postpartum depression
AU - Logsdon, M. Cynthia
AU - Wisner, Katherine
AU - Billings, Diane M.
AU - Shanahan, Brian
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - About 13% of women experience depression in the first year after childbirth. Postpartum depression has deleterious effects on the woman's relationships, her functional status, and her ability to care for her infant. Primary care providers have the most contact with postpartum women, but may be unable or unwilling to screen, treat, and/or refer the women. Thus, many women with postpartum depression are not receiving mental health services. The purpose of this article is to describe methods to raise the awareness of primary care providers about postpartum depression, thereby eliminating a major barrier to mental health treatments of postpartum women.
AB - About 13% of women experience depression in the first year after childbirth. Postpartum depression has deleterious effects on the woman's relationships, her functional status, and her ability to care for her infant. Primary care providers have the most contact with postpartum women, but may be unable or unwilling to screen, treat, and/or refer the women. Thus, many women with postpartum depression are not receiving mental health services. The purpose of this article is to describe methods to raise the awareness of primary care providers about postpartum depression, thereby eliminating a major barrier to mental health treatments of postpartum women.
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U2 - 10.1080/01612840500312860
DO - 10.1080/01612840500312860
M3 - Article
C2 - 16352516
AN - SCOPUS:29044437354
SN - 0161-2840
VL - 27
SP - 59
EP - 73
JO - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
JF - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
IS - 1
ER -
