Depression during pregnancy tied to premature births
Amy Norton discusses a study in which researchers analyzed 14,000 pregnancies to determine the incidence of preterm deliveries that occurred in women who screened positive for clinical depression during pregnancy. While only 14% of women who screened positive for depression delivered preterm, 10% of women who did not screen positive still delivered earlier than the 37th week. Depression is considered a risk factor for preterm delivery, but there is still more to understand about the cause and effect of pre-term delivery.
