If you live in the United States, chances are that you have heard the heated debate between Tom Cruise and Matt Lauer over Brook Shields’ admission that she used prescribed medication to help alleviate her symptoms of postpartum depression (PPD) after she had her child. Postpartum depression (also known as postnatal depression) is a form of depression that can affect women after they give birth to a child. This condition is not to be confused with the more commonly known, “Baby” or maternity blues.

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