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Maternal postpartum depressive symptoms linked to nearly triple infant mortality risk

Infants born to mothers with depressive symptoms immediately after delivery had a substantially higher risk of dying before their first birthday, according to researchers involved in a Rutgers-led study of more than 414,000 births in New…

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Infants born to mothers with depressive symptoms immediately after delivery had a substantially higher risk of dying before their first birthday, according to researchers involved in a Rutgers-led study of more than 414,000 births in New Jersey. The study , published in JAMA Network Open , linked New Jersey birth records from 2016 through 2020 with infant death records through 2021.

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