Post-Partum Depressionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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postpartum depression (countable and uncountable, plural postpartum depressions)

1. (psychiatry) Depression experienced by a parent, usually the mother, after childbirth.

   Synonyms: postnatal depression, (ellipsis) postpartum, (initialism) PPD

   • 1999, Ridha Arem, The Thyroid Solution, →ISBN, page 216:

     Some women with postpartum depression and thyroid imbalance may require antidepressants and psychiatric therapy.

参考

Further reading

• postpartum depression on Wikipedia.Wikipedia