I missed out on telling you about a lot of study results and articlesthat have come out in the last several weeks while I was getting ready for the Mother's Day Rally for Moms' Mental Health. So here goes …

An editorial from the May 2009 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry entitled "Assessing Risk & Benefit: To Treat or Not to Treat Major Depression During Pregnancy with Antidepressant Medication." Here's the article's conclusion:

"Thus, all things considered, on the basis of the findings from the methodologically sound and rigorous study of Wisner et al. and the evidence available from long-term studies, this author thinks that the risk of untreated major depression outweighs the risk of effects of SSRI treatment on neonatal outcomes."

A study presented at this year's annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine that finds the majority of obstetric providers are not documenting the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in their postpartum assessment, yet they feel responsible for and confident in screening for postpartum depression.

An article on breastfeeding and postpartum depression from Advance for Physicians Assistants.

And get ready for the big one … women with postpartum depression who are treated with antidepressants often see their sexual problems resolve as well, per a new study in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.