Can we predict Postpartum Depression from inside the Third Trimester: Conversation with Dr. Jennifer Payne

It should not ALSO be a mother's job to catch her own depression after delivery.In pregnancy care in the future, imagine if you walked into your OBs office in your third trimester and you got a blood test that could predict how likely you are to run into postpartum depression? Among all your other novel and challenging responsibilites as the caretaker of a newborn, it would not be your responsibility while operating on very little sleep to also be carefully monitoring and analyzing your emotional state so that you can reach out to a doctor if anything seems awry--and that's making the sometimes large leap in imagining that amidst all the change and newness you'd be able to tell whether the change you may be feeling is typical or one that requires help. Today's guest will talk about this future.You can find Dr. Payne's work here, at the Reproductive Psychiatry Research Program: https://med.virginia.edu/psychiatry/research/reproductive-psychiatry-research-program/