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New Hope for Treating Postpartum Depression? - Science Quickly

New Hope for Treating Postpartum Depression? - Science Quickly

Update: 2025-12-05
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Emerging research on the biology of postpartum depression is showing how little it resembles other severe mood disorders in the brain and body. Understanding these differences could be key to better screening, detection and treatment. Science journalist Marla Broadfoot is on our show to talk about her story in the December edition of our magazine, in which she focuses on one woman’s quest for treatment and the personal cure from postpartum depression that this individual found in a promising new drug. 


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Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Jeff DelViscio, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

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New Hope for Treating Postpartum Depression? - Science Quickly

New Hope for Treating Postpartum Depression? - Science Quickly