How to Use postpartum depression in a Sentence

postpartum depression

noun

• At the far end of the spectrum are the parents who have severe mental illnesses, from postpartum depression or anxiety to psychosis.
  — Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2024
• Studies have shown parental leave can lower the risk of developing postpartum depression and can provide better interactions between the birthing parent and child.
  — Kristal Dixon, Axios, 29 July 2024
• By 2014 and after the birth of her daughter, Kaya, the actress was dealing with postpartum depression and a neck injury.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• At the same time, more and more women suffer from postpartum depression.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2023
• These drugs are not specific to postpartum depression and can take 30 days or more to show effects.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 13 Aug. 2023
• Maybe his wife is suffering from postpartum depression and her mother came to help out.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2023
• Women with postpartum depression are busy sustaining a new life, their own life, and perhaps the lives of other children as well.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 29 Nov. 2023
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a patient of Mitchell’s who suffered postpartum depression, wrote a short story in which the rest cure drives the narrator insane.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2023
• While the new mother of two wrestles with postpartum depression and the guilt of needing a break from her kids, Eden finds herself without a steady anchor for most of her pregnancy.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
• When Otis’ mother Jean opens up about her postpartum depression.
  — Claire Beermann, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• The two women talked about everything from postpartum depression to every juicy question in the rapper’s deck of Resha Roulette cards.
  — Essence, 24 Sep. 2023
• That is part of why only 25% of women with postpartum depression ever get treatment.
  — Jenn Davis, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2024
• Eighteen years ago, Brooke Shields was one of the first high-profile names to come forward to share her experience of postpartum depression after the birth of her eldest daughter, Rowan.
  — Liz McNeil, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2023
• After the baby is born, Emma appears to be struggling with postpartum depression and isn’t sleeping.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• It’s believed that this sudden drop may cause postpartum depression.
  — Sonya Collins, Fortune Well, 4 Nov. 2023
• Last month, the couple co-hosted an episode of Akins' podcast Live in Love and went into detail about her diagnosis of postpartum depression.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 8 July 2023
• Kylie Jenner also opened up about dealing with postpartum depression following the births of her daughter, Stormi, and son, Aire.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2023
• This sudden drop is thought to be a major contributing factor to postpartum depression.
  — WIRED, 1 Aug. 2023
• In addition, 75% of people who do screen as at-risk for postpartum depression go untreated.
  — Cara McNulty, Fortune, 12 May 2023
• People were wanting to understand postpartum depression more, and to fight for me and fight for education and screening.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2023
• Thomas Rhett and his wife Lauren Akins are opening up about their experience with postpartum depression.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
• Organizers of the fund-raising campaign urged people to share the effort with others to raise awareness about postpartum depression.
  — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023
• When my grandchild was born five years ago, my daughter suffered from severe postpartum depression and had to be hospitalized.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2023
• In fact, research shows that people who get support from a doula have a 57.5% lower risk of postpartum depression or postpartum anxiety.
  — Pam Skop, Parents, 15 May 2024
• Her divorce from Kevin Federline and the fight over custody of their two sons, all chronicled by a press that hounded her and her children, amplified what the pop star now believes was a bout of postpartum depression.
  — TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
• Emma struggles with what everyone assumes is postpartum depression — lack of sleep, which leads to exhaustion, as well as a nagging feeling that maybe their son isn’t theirs.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
• In the early 2000s, Shields famously stood up against Tom Cruise, who attacked her for speaking out about antidepressants and postpartum depression.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 19 Aug. 2023
• My mother never said anything to me about postpartum depression or anxiety because no one ever said anything to her about it.
  — Jenn Davis, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2024
• Rodriguez had to return to work shortly after losing her son, battling both the emotional turmoil that comes from a tragic loss and postpartum depression.
  — Byruth Umoh, Fortune, 5 June 2024
• When new drugs do hit the market, they’re often narrowly approved (like the Sage Therapeutics medicine for postpartum depression) and pricier.
  — Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 5 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Sep 2024