HOW TREATABLE IS POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION?

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 7 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release:

After the birth of her first child, the actor and "High School Musical" star Ashley Tisdale said she "felt robbed of the joy I'd been hoping to experience." She was describing postpartum depression.

Colloquially known as "the baby blues," the condition is the most common birth complication, affecting about 15% of women who give birth, according to an expert in postpartum psychiatry. Up to half of women with a previously diagnosed mental health condition will experience postpartum depression, should they choose to become pregnant.

Despite how common postpartum depression is, only 40% of women receive treatment, according to the American Medical W...