Perinatal mood disorders: position paper.

Psychiatric disorders associated with childbearing are traditionally divided into three categories that reflect severity: postpartum blues, postpartum depression, and postpartum psychosis. It is estimated that while more than 80 percent of women may experience some fluctuations in mood in either the antepartum period or postpartum, only 10 to 20 percent may meet DSM-IV criteria for major depression and 0.1 to 0.2 percent will show signs of …