Depression in pregnancy: Why doing nothing about it may be a bad idea
- Written by Ardesheer Talati, Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurobiology, Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center
Pregnant woman.Flickr, CC BYPregnant women face a number of choices. Most are pretty noncontroversial: Don’t smoke or use drugs; avoid raw fish and eggs; get lots of rest. But one dilemma some pregnant women face is less intuitive: whether and how to treat their minds and bodies if they are depressed.
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