tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post116546361106200519..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: Mandatorily YoursUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1165526261645667682006-12-07T16:17:00.000-05:002006-12-07T16:17:00.000-05:00Here, after having my daughter, I was screened for...Here, after having my daughter, I was screened for PPD, both in the days afterwards in hospital and at post-natal checkup weeks later. It wasn't mandatory, it was just a routine part of after-patient care and, in both settings, quite subtle. <BR/><BR/>True, not everyone might experience such a level of care but to legislate it seems kind of a heavy handed approach to me and it raises similar concerns to me as to where such legislative processes might end.HPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409589783052980600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1165502827362104262006-12-07T09:47:00.000-05:002006-12-07T09:47:00.000-05:00For the record, part of the reason for the postpar...For the record, part of the reason for the postpartum check is to screen for postpartum depression, psychosis, etc. If people aren't at least asking about mood/sleep/apetite/etc. at the postpartum visit, they're not being good doctors. So... I don't think we need a law. (Education is never a bad thing, but laws get cumbersome and create paperwork!)Midwife with a Knifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309579302399381913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1165467589853058272006-12-06T23:59:00.000-05:002006-12-06T23:59:00.000-05:00Definitely agree! I couldn't exactly put my finge...Definitely agree! I couldn't exactly put my finger on it either, until you laid out much of what I couldn't pull together.<BR/><BR/>8^DSarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208596053319110470noreply@blogger.com