SMFM: Domestic Violence May Predispose Women to Postpartum Depre...

Courtesy MedPage Today Emergency Medicine  Fri, 01/30/2009 - 07:41

SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- Female victims of domestic violence have a 40% increased risk of developing postpartum depression, a cross-sectional study showed.


 

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