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High pCRH may predict postpartum dep.

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By ABC7
Monday, February 2, 2009

Scientists at U.C. Irvine say women who developed postpartum depression had higher levels of a certain hormone, called pCRH during pregnancy.

They believe that the sudden loss of this hormone during birth may trigger the depression.

About one in 10 mothers experience post-partum depression after the birth of a child.

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