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NC hospital opens country's first postpartum depression clinic

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A clinic created specifically to help mothers with postpartum depression opens today at a University of North Carolina hospital in Chapel Hill. The perinatal psychiatry inpatient unit is the first of its kind in the nation. NPR reports:
After childbirth, most new moms will experience some form of the "baby blues." For some women, those feelings persist and turn into postpartum depression – a serious condition that can lead to hospitalization and more.
On Monday, a University of North Carolina hospital in Chapel Hill will open the country's first free-standing perinatal psychiatry unit.


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