Research Update
Postpartum depression and sleep
Occupational therapy practitioners (OTPs) play an important role in the management of postpartum depression (PPD). Barbic and colleagues (2021) conducted a scoping review to understand the current evidence supporting the role of occupational therapy (OT) to enhance outcomes of individuals with PPD. The review included 3 databases, and 14 studies published between 1987 and 2016 were included in the review.
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