Queens NY Hospitals Now Screen for PPD

Hooray for Queens, NY!  According to the Queens Tribune, Flushing and Jamaica Hospitals are now working to combat the stigma of postpartum depression and educate moms-to-be, according to Seeth Vivek, the Department of Psychiatry Chair at both hospitals. 

The Neonatal Units and psychiatric departments at Flushing Hospital and Jamaica Hospital have created a program where all mothers are screened for postpartum depression prior to discharge from their hospitals, and they also conduct a follow-up evaluation during the first prenatal checkup..