« Special issues facing parents & sibs of children living with disability or chronic illness | Main | HAND: Support for those who have lost a baby »

Do new adoptive moms experience a type of PPD?

Some CBS News affiliates are airing a story on an important but little-understood topic: The problem of depression that can affect new moms after adopting a child.

Some experts in the maternal-child health field say post-adoptive depression is more common than you might think, and often goes undiagnosed and untreated.

For the print version of the CBS Philadelphia affiliate's recent story on post-adoption depression in mothers, click here.

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.perinatalproject.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/82

Post a comment