Screening for maternal depression in the neonatal ICU

Kyle O Mounts1

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. kmounts@pol.net

Clinics in Perinatology
|January 24, 2009
PubMed

Postpartum depression is common in women with infants in the neonatal ICU. Maternal depression can affect infant health and development adversely. A screening program for depression in the neonatal ICU could identify women who have depressive symptoms and facilitate their referral for follow-up services.

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