Patterns of depressive symptoms in expectant and new parents
American Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 May 1990
Valerie D. Raskin, Judith A. Richman, Cheryl Gaines
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Depressive symptoms were assessed in 86 couples during pregnancy and after childbirth and found that both spouses were symptomatic in only 11.1% of the affected couples duringregnancy and 12.5% after childbirth.
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Depressive symptoms were assessed in 86 couples during pregnancy and after childbirth. Although 59.3% (N = 51) of the couples contained at least one symptomatic spouse during the transition to parenthood, both spouses were symptomatic in only 11.1% (N = 4) of the affected couples during pregnancy and 12.5% (N = 4) after childbirth.
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