Treating depression during pregnancy may benefit baby’s brain development – new research
Depression affects 1 in 5 women during pregnancy. SDI Productions/E+ via Getty Images Treating pregnant women’s depression with a short course of talk therapy doesn’t just improve their health – it can also shape how their babies’ brains develop before birth. That’s the finding of a new study we co-authored, published in the journal Nature Communications. The study is part of an ongoing research project that explores how a form of brief interpersonal psychotherapy called MOMCare, which is specially tailored to treating prenatal depression, affects pregnant women with depression and their babie
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