Article by Peter Leigh

Postpartum depression, and for that matter depression during pregnancy, is relatively common. It’s difficult to get reliable statistics for postpartum depression as it is often not reported.

Estimates are however that anywhere up to 25% of women have suffered some form of major depressive symptoms during or after pregnancy.

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Article by James Pendergraft

Pregnancy and delivery can have a lot of effects on a woman’s health. In most cases, a woman is caught unprepared for life after pregnancy. As a result, adjusting to the new life becomes a major challenge, which is likely to alter family relations. However, with sufficient knowledge as well as the proper mental outlook, women may be able to cope with post-partum depression.

What Is Post-partum Depression?

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Article by Jeremy S. Abrahamson

Estimates indicate that somewhere between ten and thirteen percent of women who deliver babies experience postpartum depression and sometimes, anxiety. Anxiety and postpartum depression often go hand-in-hand simply because of the immense life changes that occur with the arrival of a baby.

Even in women with no previous history of depression, worries about being a good mother, unrealistic expectations of themselves, massive hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy and childbirth, and the financial changes that often accompany parenthood can combine to create a situation where postpartum depression and anxiety can lead to overwhelming feelings of helplessness, fear, sadness, listlessness, sleep difficulties, and paralyzing disinterest in activities that you once found enjoyable and interesting.

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Article by James Pendergraft

Post partum depression can occur after any delivery of pregnancy. This is also called peripartum depression. After the pregnancy, a woman experiences different hormonal changes in the body which can in turn trigger the symptoms of depression. A high amount of estrogen and progesterone remain in a patient

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Question by longhaired freaky person: If masturbation were shown to prevent teen pregnancy, depression, and STDs, would O’Donnell still oppose it?
What does she have against public health anyway?

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Article by Andrew Bicknell

Women are twice as likely to experience bouts of major depression and dysthymia (chronic depression) as men. There are no certain reasons for this difference in depression rates between men and women, but research does show that women have certain medical conditions that are specific to them that may contribute to their higher rate of depression.

A woman’s monthly reproductive cycle and its symptoms brought about by hormonal changes along with other disorders of the reproductive organs can lead to depression and its symptoms.

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Article by Mark D. Jordan

Depression that affects women in the work force is a major issue that cannot be ignored. A recent study of the workforce concluded that billion a year in productivity is lost due to depression. If this is the case, then the medical costs to treat depression must be staggering. The lost productivity costs were from absenteeism and from those who are going to work depressed and getting little done. The recent study also found that working women seem especially vulnerable to depression while on the job.

Depression on the job can lead to missed meetings, unreturned phone calls, blankly staring at the computer screen, indecision, late arrival, leaving early and missed deadlines. In addition, a working woman suffering from depression while at work might not get along very well with colleges anymore or she may withdraw from social involvement. These are all signs and symptoms of depression.

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