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Familial risk of postpartum depression.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Oct 2022
Rasmussen Marie-Louise H, Poulsen Gry J, Wohlfahrt Jan, Videbech Poul, Melbye Mads
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Many psychiatric diseases have a strong familial aggregation, but it is unknown whether postpartum depression (PPD) without prior psychiatric history aggregates in families. METHODS: Based on Danish national registers, we constructed a cohort with information on 848,544 singleton deliveries (1996-2017). Women with an episode of PPD were defined as having used antidepressant medication and/or had a...
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