| Medical researchers based at the Yale School of | | | | was a very common condition, with one in five |
| Medicine recently published a study showing that | | | | mothers of children one and older showing moderate |
| postpartum depression in mothers could develop into | | | | to severe symptoms of depression. |
| cases of clinical depression if untreated. The group | | | | According to Weitzman, the findings show that |
| focused upon was comprised of economically | | | | depression is not limited to the postpartum period, |
| disadvantaged women, and researchers found that | | | | but in fact may develop into higher incidents of clinical |
| symptoms improved with effective therapy. | | | | depression as the children grow older. Separate |
| Depression a Common Condition | | | | studies have established that depression can result |
| The study, led by Carol C. Weitzman, M.D., associate | | | | from other conditions and diseases as well, including |
| professor of pediatrics and in the Child Study Center | | | | diabetes ? though medical testing for physiological |
| at Yale School at Yale School of Medicine, found that | | | | disorders such as diabetes was not undertaken in the |
| postpartum depression among underserved women | | | | study. |