Pat Bucknell writes:
>Subject: post partum depression stats
>
>Correct numbers are 10-15% of moms will get clinical post partum
>depression, maybe 1/1000 deliveries will end up with post partum
>psychosis (great mood swings, rambled speech, hallucinations of
>the "command" type ["kill the baby"] or delusional [baby is the
>devil] type, mom is out of reality.

Hi Pat!  Did the talk you hear mention anything about different rates
depending on whether or not mom was breastfeeding?  I have a grad student
doing her Master's Thesis on the cultural/physiological etiologies of
post-partum depression, and I know she would want to hear about any new
research.  Thanks.

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