Episode 1553 - Postpartum depression, pt. 1: definition, prevalence, and risk factors

Dr. April Dominick // #ICEPelvic // www.ptonice.com 

In today's episode of the PT on ICE Daily Show, #ICEPelvic faculty member April Dominick  kicks off part 1 of a series on postpartum depression. In this episode, she discusses the differences between postpartum depression and other PP mood disorders. She then highlights the prevalence of and risk factors for developing postpartum depression. In her next episode, she will focus on screening for and how to communicate with folks who may have postpartum depression.

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EPISODE TRANSCRIPTION

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01:26 APRIL DOMINICK Good morning, everyone. Dr. April Dominick here from the Ice Pelvic Division, and today we're gonna talk about postpartum depression. This is a series, so in part one, we will define it, we'll talk about its prevalence, and we'll go through some risk factors for developing this condition. But before we dive in, we have some exciting updates from our division. Drum roll, please, or Harp glissando. So if you didn't catch our big news that dropped on Thursday of last week in our pelvic newsletter, we now have an eight week online level two course that will drop in spring 2024. We are so excited for this course. It is loaded with fun material. So we'll talk about pelvic pain syndr