Diagnostics World News | Perinatal depression is an understudied and underappreciated mood disorder, but a group of researchers in Michigan are moving the field forward with the discovery of predictive biomarkers of the condition that could one day be used for the routine screening of high-risk women. Nearly one in five new mothers experience severe depression and an estimated 14% have suicidal thoughts—and pregnancy itself, being a major inflammatory event, can be the inducer.
Mar 10, 2022