ple, research has shown
             that if a woman lacks adequate social support during pregnancy,
             negative outcomes, such as postpartum depression and insensitive
             parenting behavior, may follow ( Cutrona, 1984; Crockenberg, 1981).
             Women who receive support during pregnancy experience more positive
             mental and physical health outcomes during the labor, delivery, and
             postpartum periods than women who do not receive support ( Collins,
             Dunkel- Schetter , Lobel, & Scrimshaw, 1993; Cutrona, 1984).
             (Goldstein, Diener & Mangelsdorf, 1996, p. 60)
             Though pharmacological solutions have been available for the general
             treatment of depression, for some time the use of such interventions during
             the time of pregnancy and nursing is, as it should be followed by much
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