Date and Time
January 23, 2008
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Availability
Open to the public
No RSVP required

Speaker
Sarah (Sally) M. Horwitz - Stanford University

Depression is a prevalent condition affecting 17% of U.S. adults. Rates of depression in women with children (maternal depression) range from 10%-42% and effect both women and their children. However, we know little about the prevalence and correlates of persistent maternal depression or about the responses of various service sectors to depression in women with children. Data from interviews with mothers of a stratified random sample of children selected from birth records documents the prevalence, correlates and persistence of elevated symptoms of depression. Extensive reviews of the 8 service sectors women indicated that they would approach if they were depressed indicate that no service sector has assumed responsibility for the identification and treatment of maternal depression.