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Pregnant women who are depressed are twice as likely to have a premature baby
Depression can double risk of premature baby
Pregnant women who are depressed are twice as likely to have a premature baby compared with those who have no symptoms of depression, according to a study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research published online in Human Reproduction. Researchers interviewed 791 women in San Francisco around their 10th week of pregnancy and found that 41 per cent of them reported significant or severe depressive symptoms. The women with less severe depressive symptoms had a 60 per cent higher risk of a premature baby compared with women without significant depressive symptoms. Women with severe depressive symptoms had more than twice the risk.
The Telegraph
