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How to Predict Postpartum Depression: Blood Test or Screening?

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ultram 377 of ME 2:40PM July 02, 2009

i my self have been thru some very hard times, it makes it hard to sleep at night, even eat at times, it gets so bad that i fight with my spouse, and i really never start things. i mean i have goten raped, sexually assaulted you name it its happened to me and i think that everything around me is making it worse for me, shcool, house hold things parents,
i get so depressed i feel like dieing hurting my self really bad, and i can't even help these feeling because i don't talk to anyone so if i even try to talk to someone about this kind of thing i would start crying or something.
i really don't know alls i know is that everything i have gone thru has ruined my LIFE.

lexi of NH 5:49PM April 24, 2009

Psychiatric screening programs almost always end with one recommendation: Psychotropic drugs.
You're worried (among other things) about pregnant mothers smoking and drinking so you're going to give them psych meds? That's crazy talk!

Toni of CA 1:04PM February 04, 2009

So you're worried that depression screening will go from non-existent to even more non existent? That seems incorrect to me. At the very least this will increase not decrease the likelihood that screening will occur even if the test doesn't actually work. The fact that the blood test is listed with all of the other prenatal screening tests on the sheet the doctor fills out can only increase the likelihood that a practitioner will ask the patient about their mood.
There are many criticisms that can be raised about this test with definite validity, but to think that it will decrease depression screening by its very presence especially in light of the fact that few are doing it now any way sounds pretty silly to me.
As for its efficacy, I imagine there will be many more prospective trials to be performed before this tests is marketed and/or widely used...Lots of studies showing a medical link or correlation are refuted or confirmed shortly after they come out. The difference here is the mainstream media in its eagerness to publish "news" (and the commentators of the mainstream media) have probably disseminated the "news" a little too soon like they do with every new potential use for vitamins...always with very little statistical analysis..kudos to M. Kotz for recognizing how underpowered this study is...

Mark of NY 4:41PM February 03, 2009

So you're worried that depression screening will go from non-existent to even more non existent? How ridiculous is that? At the very least this will increase not decrease the likelihood that screening will occur even if the test doesn't actually work. The fact that the blood test is listed with all of the other prenatal screening tests on the sheet the doctor fills out can only increase the likelihood that a practitioner will ask the patient about their mood.
There are many criticisms that can be raised about this test with definite validity, but to think that it will decrease depression screening by its very presence especially in light of the fact that few are doing it now any way sounds pretty silly to me.
As for its efficacy, I imagine there will be many more prospective trials to be performed before this tests is marketed and/or widely used...Lots of studies showing a medical link or correlation are refuted or confirmed shortly after they come out. The difference here is the mainstream media in its eagerness to publish "news" (and the commentators of the mainstream media) have probably disseminated the "news" a little too soon like they do with every new potential use for vitamins...always with very little statistical analysis..kudos to M. Kotz for recognizing how underpowered this study is...

Mark of NY 4:35PM February 03, 2009