Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 44-52 , January 2008

Stepped Care Treatment of Postpartum Depression: A Primary Care-Based Management Model

  • Dwenda Gjerdingen, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota
    • Dwenda Gjerdingen, MD, MS, is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine & Community Health at the University of Minnesota. She is a family physician provider and residency educator whose research is centered on postpartum depression and mothers’ and fathers’ postpartum health.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dwenda Gjerdingen, MD, Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, University of Minnesota, 580 Rice St., St. Paul, MN 55103; Phone: 651-227-6551; Fax: 651-227-1804.
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  • Wayne Katon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • Wayne Katon, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Division of Health Services and Epidemiology, and Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington Medical School. Dr. Katon is internationally renowned for his research on the prevalence of anxiety and depressive disorders in primary care, the impact of depression and anxiety on patients with chronic medical illness, and the development of innovative models that integrate mental health and other allied health professionals into primary care to improve the care of patients with major depression and panic disorder.
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  • Deborah E. Rich, PhD, LP

      Affiliations

    • Birth and Family Education and Support Department, Fairview Health Systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Deborah Rich, PhD, LP, is Coordinator of Perinatal Loss and Perinatal Depression Services at Fairview Health Systems in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is a counseling psychologist and educator specializing in Reproductive Health Psychology. She also maintains a private practice in St. Paul, MN.

Received 19 February 2007 ,Accepted 25 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.09.001

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 44-52 , January 2008

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