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By Mayo Clinic staffLeft untreated, postpartum depression can interfere with mother-child bonding and cause family problems. Children of mothers who have untreated postpartum depression are more likely to have behavioral problems, such as sleeping and eating difficulties, temper tantrums and hyperactivity. Delays in language development are more common as well.
Untreated postpartum depression can last up to a year or longer. Sometimes untreated postpartum depression becomes a chronic depressive disorder. Even when treated, postpartum depression increases a woman's risk of future episodes of major depression.
- Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS): PRAMS and postpartum depression. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/prams/PPD.htm. Accessed March 10, 2010.
- Depression during and after pregnancy. National Institutes of Health. http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/depression-pregnancy.cfm. Accessed March 10, 2010.
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- Depression. National Institutes of Mental Health. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/depression/complete-index.shtml. Accessed March 10, 2010.
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- Shyn SI, et al. The genetics of major depression: Moving beyond the monoamine hypothesis. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 2010;33:125.
- Major depressive episode. In: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR. 4th ed. Arlington, Va.: American Psychiatric Association; 2000. http://www.psychiatryonline.com. Accessed March 10, 2010.
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