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Depression increase among new moms during coronavirus era prompts South Bay mental health expansion

Politics Oct 05, 2020
Depression increase among new moms during coronavirus era prompts South Bay mental health expansion
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FILE – In this July 14, 2020, file photo, people wait in line for coronavirus testing at Dodger Stadium. The “new normal” is exacting a heavier than normal toll on mental health issues. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) A 5% surge in cases of depression among new moms this year has prompted Providence Southern California to expand a model maternal mental health program that started in Orange County to the South Bay and San Fernando Valley, the medical provider said. Usually about 15% of mothers are diagnosed with post-partum depression, but this year doctors are seeing depression in 1 in every 5 mothers at its dozen hospitals in the region. “A year dominated by a pandemic, social unrest, very divisive politics an..

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