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Handouts and Short Articles on Depression in New Mothers

These articles are open access. You are welcome to use, post or share any or all of them. If you would like reprint them, please let me know and I will send you the file in Word.

Please note that some of the content of these articles overlaps since they are written with varying levels of detail.

Treatments for Depression

• Antidepressant Use in Pregnant & Breastfeeding Mothers
  

• Non-Drug Treatments for Depression in Pregnant and Postpartum Women
  

• Medication Use for Trauma Symptoms and PTSD in Pregnant & Postpartum Women
  

• Non-Drug Treatments for Trauma Symptoms and PTSD
  

• Exercise as a Treatment for Depression in New Mothers
  

• Can fats make you happy? Omega-3s and your mental health pregnancy, postpartum and beyond
  

• Bright Light Therapy for Depression
  

• Why Breastfeeding and Omega-3s Help Prevent Depression in Pregnant and Postpartum Women
  

Depression, Breastfeeding and Related Topics

• Should Mothers Avoid Nighttime Breastfeeding to Decrease Their Risk of Depression?
  

• Making Peace with Your Birth Experience
  

• How Other Cultures Prevent Postpartum Depression: Social Structures that Protect New Mothers' Mental Health
  

• Breastfeeding after Sexual Trauma
  

• Why Breastfeeding Lowers Women's Risk of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease