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Depression, Partner Conflict Raise Suicide Risk for Pregnant Women, New Moms

(HealthDay News) — Major depression and conflicts with intimate partners increase the risk of suicide among pregnant women and new mothers, a new study indicates. “We have a more complete picture now of who these women are and what led up to these tragic events,” study author Dr. Katherine Gold, an assistant professor of family [...]

 

Depression in Women and Girls

Women suffer from unipolar (as opposed to bipolar or manic) depression in greater numbers than men do; twice as much by most estimates. Causes The reason or reasons why women have unipolar depression more frequently than men is less definite, due to a great extent to the fact that we don’t fully understand what causes [...]