Post-partum depression

Boston, February 25: A new American study has found that pregnant women and new mums with diabetes have an increased risk of postpartum depressiondefine(PPD) as compared non-diabetic women

The lead author of the study, Katy Backes Kozhimannil, of Harvard Medical School in Boston, said, "Those with diabetes have nearly twice the risk of depressiondefine during pregnancy and post-partum."

Kozhimannil also added that diabetic females, who had never been depressed before, too developed a risk during pregnancy. She said, "One in 10 women who had no indication of prior depression received a diagnosis of depression within a year following delivery."