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What Is the Best Treatment for Postpartum Depression?

What Is the Best Treatment for Postpartum Depression? (0:15)

The "baby blues" are surprisingly common for new moms. In this video, learn more about the best way to help a postpartum woman recover following childbirth with HealthMaker Louann Brizendine, MD, a neuropsychiatrist at UCSF Medical Center.

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The best thing you can do for a new mum, that's in one of those, is to make sure she is getting at least five to six hours of continuous sleep, so that the brain can start to heal itself and to go back on to it's own hormonal system.