Postpartum Depression

This spring marked the third anniversary of legislation in New Jersey that requires health care professionals who provide postnatal care to screen new mothers for postpartum depression. New Jersey is still the only state in the nation to mandate this type of screening.

Dr. Sapna Parikh spoke with a woman who overcame the condition. Watch the video (left) for her story.

But so many women still suffer and do not get help. For more information on where to get help in New Jersey:

>N.J. DEPT. OF HEALTH

RESOURCES

>U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

>NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH