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Depression, Postpartum

Endogenous depression that involves intense, sustained and sometimes disabling depression experienced by women after giving birth. The comprehensive term "Perinatal depression" refers to both postpartum depression and antenatal depression.

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    Baby blues.

    | Date: 1994
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    When the bough breaks : the pursuit of motherhood / Ali Sanders.

    Sanders, Alison Ozawa | Date: 2019
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    Die Geistesstörungen der Schwangeren, Wöchnerinnen und Säugenden / monographisch bearbeitet von Dr. Ripping.

    Ripping, Ludwig Hugo, 1837- | Date: 1877
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    After the storm : post-natal depression and the utter weirdness of new motherhood / Emma Jane Unsworth.

    Unsworth, Emma Jane | Date: 2021
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    In the bin.

    | Date: 2006

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