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Panel calls for depression screening for pregnant women, new moms

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Panel calls for depression screening for pregnant women, new moms

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This week, one of America's leading independent preventive medicine panels — the US Preventive Services Task Force — updated its guidelines for screening adults for depression to specifically include pregnant and postpartum women.

It's the first time that the panel has recommended that women undergo depression screenings both [...]