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Monday, August 31, 2009

THE EFFECT OF BRIEF ALCOHOL INTERVENTION ON POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION.
MCN, American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing. 34(5):297-302, September/October 2009.

To report on secondary results from the Healthy Moms Study, a clinical trial to test the efficacy of brief intervention on reducing alcohol use and alcohol-related harms in postpartum women.

The results of the Healthy Moms Study support the importance of both alcohol and depression screening during the postpartum period. Brief alcohol intervention during this time may also positively affect depressive symptomatology.


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