BY LISA RAPAPORT
Tue Feb 24, 2015 5:11pm EST
(Reuters Health) – Phone support can help ease postpartum depression, a small study suggests, offering an option for mothers who are unable or unwilling to seek therapy in person.
In the study, women with postpartum depression received telephone counseling from other women who had previously suffered from the disorder and recovered. The new moms found that the conversations helped relieve symptoms.
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“Most people in the world have access to a telephone,” said Meltzer-Brody, who wasn’t involved in the study. “This study, while small, suggests that peer phone counseling could be a very effective, widespread public health intervention.”
SOURCE: bit.ly/1MPlxUu Journal of Advanced Nursing, online February 23, 2015.
