US Touts Studying Postpartum Depression

By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer, Medicine & Health / Other

(AP) -- The House on Monday urged health agencies to expand research into postpartum depression problems that affect up to one-fifth of new mothers and can, if untreated, lead to more serious psychoses. Democrats also accepted a GOP-backed provision that approves a National Institutes of Mental Health study into the psychological consequences of abortions.

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