By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Published: March 30, 2009
Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
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BALTIMORE, March 30 -- Mothers who give birth to twins, triplets, or other multiples are at increased risk of postpartum depression, researchers here said.
In a prospective study, these women had a 43% increased risk of depressive symptoms at nine months after delivery compared with mothers of singletons, Yoonjoung Choi, Dr.P.H., of Johns Hopkins University, and colleagues reported in the April issue of Pediatrics.
Only about a quarter of these women, however, reported talking to a mental health professional about their depressive symptoms.
"Greater attention is needed in pediatric settings to address maternal depression in families with multiple births," the researchers said.....
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