Is There a Link Between Pregnancy and Depression?

The Leonard Lopate Show | Apr 8, 2016

When Hanna Ingber, an editor on The New York Times' International desk, was sixth months pregnant with her second child, she realized that something felt different. In her recent essay, “Six Months Pregnant and Asking, ‘Am I Depressed?” she writes about her experience, and the ways doctors have addressed mood disorders during pregnancy. She's joined by Dr. Margaret Spinelli, clinical professor of psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and past director of the Women’s Program in Psychiatry at Columbia University. 

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