Depression during pregnancy can double risk of preterm delivery
Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 10:21
in Health & Medicine
Depressed pregnant women have twice the risk of preterm delivery than pregnant women with no symptoms of depression, according to a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. The study is published online in the Oxford University Press's journal Human Reproduction on behalf of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.