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Research ArticleClinical Review

Perinatal Depression: A Guide to Detection and Management in Primary Care

Manish H. Dama and Ryan J. Van Lieshout
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2023, jabfm.2023.230061R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230061R1
Manish H. Dama
From the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland (MHD); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (RJVL).
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Ryan J. Van Lieshout
From the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland (MHD); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (RJVL).
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