Postpartum depression is
a specific type of depression that affects women during pregnancy and / or after childbirth.
Not exact matches
She works with families
of all
types, and has
specific experience with twins, families adding a sibling, moms with postpartum
depression, and families with thousands
of questions about their baby!
Although our primary exposures
of interest were GI and glycemic load as risk factors for
depression, we also investigated other measures
of carbohydrate consumption computed from average daily intakes
of foods and beverages reported on the WHI FFQ, including dietary added sugar, total sugars,
specific types of sugars (glucose, sucrose, lactose, fructose), starch, and total carbohydrate.
These methods have been primarily
of 2
types: self - report measures
of symptoms (eg, Center for Epidemiologic Studies
Depression scale27) and structured interview protocols that identify
specific disorders (eg, the National Institute
of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule28), which uses the criteria set forth in the DSM - IV.29 By far, the self - report measures are less time consuming and cheaper to administer; however, they do not provide a
specific diagnosis.
These include poverty, substance abuse, single parenthood, household composition, young maternal age, parental
depression or other mental illness, and domestic violence.14 - 19 Risk factors for
specific types of physical abuse have been documented.
The current findings indicate the value
of continued attention to adapting couple based treatments in response to
specific gender and
depression characteristics that may be most likely for different
types of couples.