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mood:1-depression:postpartum-peripartum [on February 14, 2020]
mood:1-depression:postpartum-peripartum [on February 14, 2020]
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 ===== Differential Diagnosis ===== ===== Differential Diagnosis =====
-  * Baby blues+  ​* **Baby blues**
     * Generally appear within ''​3''​ to ''​4''​ days after delivery, peak on the postpartum day 7, and disappear within ''​2''​ weeks.     * Generally appear within ''​3''​ to ''​4''​ days after delivery, peak on the postpartum day 7, and disappear within ''​2''​ weeks.
-  * [[anxiety:​home|Anxiety disorders]] and [[ocd:​1-ocd|obsessive–compulsive disorder]] ​+  ​* **[[anxiety:​home|Anxiety disorders]]** and **[[ocd:​1-ocd|obsessive–compulsive disorder]]** 
     * These disorders are also common in the postpartum period and need to be differentiated from postpartum depression.     * These disorders are also common in the postpartum period and need to be differentiated from postpartum depression.
-  * [[cl:​thyroid-disorders|Autoimmune thyroid disorders]] and [[cl:​thyroid-disorders:​hypothyroidism|hypothyroidism]] can mimic symptoms of postpartum depression and can affect the clinical response to antidepressants. A work up should be done in high risk individuals[([[https://​www.medscape.com/​viewarticle/​719255_2|Mestman,​ J. H. (1997). Evaluating and Managing Postpartum Thyroid Dysfunction. Medscape women'​s health, 2(7), 3-3.]])] +  ​* **[[cl:​thyroid-disorders|Autoimmune thyroid disorders]]** and **[[cl:​thyroid-disorders:​hypothyroidism|hypothyroidism]]** can mimic symptoms of postpartum depression and can affect the clinical response to antidepressants. A work up should be done in high risk individuals[([[https://​www.medscape.com/​viewarticle/​719255_2|Mestman,​ J. H. (1997). Evaluating and Managing Postpartum Thyroid Dysfunction. Medscape women'​s health, 2(7), 3-3.]])] 
-  * Low serum ferritin and postpartum depression are also strongly associated.[([[https://​www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/​pubmed/​21130499|Albacar,​ G., Sans, T., Martín-Santos,​ R., García-Esteve,​ L., Guillamat, R., Sanjuan, J., ... & Gaviria, A. (2011). An association between plasma ferritin concentrations measured 48 h after delivery and postpartum depression. Journal of affective disorders, 131(1), 136-142.]])]+  ​* **Iron deficiency** 
 +    ​* Low serum ferritin and postpartum depression are also strongly associated.[([[https://​www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/​pubmed/​21130499|Albacar,​ G., Sans, T., Martín-Santos,​ R., García-Esteve,​ L., Guillamat, R., Sanjuan, J., ... & Gaviria, A. (2011). An association between plasma ferritin concentrations measured 48 h after delivery and postpartum depression. Journal of affective disorders, 131(1), 136-142.]])]
 ===== Treatment ===== ===== Treatment =====
  
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 ==== ECT ==== ==== ECT ====
 +<alert icon="​fa fa-arrow-circle-right fa-lg fa-fw" type="​success">​See also: **[[brain-stimulation:​ect|]]**</​alert>​
  
 ===== Resources ===== ===== Resources =====
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-== Research == +== Research ==  
-  *[[http://​www.camh.ca/​en/​hospital/​about_camh/​newsroom/​news_releases_media_advisories_and_backgrounders/​current_year/​Pages/​Dietary-kit-reduces-baby-blues,​-a-precursor-to-postpartum-depression.aspx|CAMH:​ Dietary kit reduces baby blues, a precursor to postpartum depression]]+  * [[http://​www.camh.ca/​en/​hospital/​about_camh/​newsroom/​news_releases_media_advisories_and_backgrounders/​current_year/​Pages/​Dietary-kit-reduces-baby-blues,​-a-precursor-to-postpartum-depression.aspx|CAMH:​ Dietary kit reduces baby blues, a precursor to postpartum depression]]
   * [[http://​www.jwatch.org/​na44974/​2017/​09/​07/​effectiveness-postpartum-depression-screening-during-well]]   * [[http://​www.jwatch.org/​na44974/​2017/​09/​07/​effectiveness-postpartum-depression-screening-during-well]]
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