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Postpartum depression

Postpartum depression (PPD), also known as perinatal depression, is a mood disorder which may be experienced by pregnant or postpartum women. Symptoms include extreme sadness, low energy, anxiety, crying episodes, irritability, and extreme changes in sleeping or eating patterns. PPD can also negatively affect the newborn child.

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Symptoms — what it feels like

·Extreme sadness, low energy, anxiety, changes in sleeping or eating patterns, crying episodes, irritability

Causes — why it happens

·Unclear

How it's found

·Based on symptoms

Treatment

·Counselling, medications

Complications

·self harm, suicide

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Plain-language summary adapted from Wikipedia. Not medical advice.