Postnatal depression sufferers who take medication have boosted mental health, relationships and better behaved children, study shows

Postnatal depression sufferers who take medication have boosted mental health, relationships and better behaved children, study shows Giving mothers with postnatal depression antidepressants could improve the behaviour of their children at the age of five, a study suggests.

Up to 15 per cent of women experience postnatal depression, with symptoms including a persistent feeling of sadness and low mood, lack of enjoyment and interest in the wider world and withdrawing from contact with other people.

It can have negative effects on both the mothers and their children, but only three per cent of women with the condition in the UK get antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI). The Daily Mail

See also:

• Long-Term Maternal and Child Outcomes Following Postnatal SSRI Treatment (open access) JAMA Network Open
• Postnatal depression drug ‘shows benefits five years on’ The Independent