Postpartum Depression

Diana finally got help when her girlfriend called her obstetrician. "She told him that if I didn't call him that day he needed to call me," Diana says. The doctor had a crisis intervention psychiatrist call her immediately, and Diana met with a psychiatrist the next day. "The psychiatrist started me on three different kinds of medication," Diana says, "which I'm still taking after three-and-a-half years. I also began seeing a cognitive behavioral therapist."