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Book Review October 31, 2000

Postpartum Mood Disorder

J Clin Psychiatry 2000;61(5):391

Article Abstract

From our regular book review column.

The existence of postpartum mood disorders has been recognized
at least since ancient Greece. The introduction to Postpartum
Mood Disorders opens with a quotation from Hippocrates.

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