New Health Bill Helps Postpartum Depression (PPD)

New Health Bill Helps Postpartum Depression (PPD)

By John M Grohol PsyD

The historic passage of the federal health care legislation last week included a provision for a new national postpartum depression (PPD) program. It leaves out the federal screening program so feared by the bill’s opponents, but it includes more money for greater education outreach and more research into this condition. The Melanie Blocker Stokes Mother’s Act passed in watered down form…

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