We read Leistikow et al.’s article “Prescribing Sleep: An Overlooked Treatment for Postpartum Depression”
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) attentively, and certainly cannot agree more that current scientific evidence points
to the fact that lack of sleep may play an important role in the development of postpartum
depression. Therefore, the goal of improving maternal sleep during the postpartum
period is a promising one. But we would like to make a few points in this regard.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: June 01, 2022
Accepted:
April 22,
2022
Received:
April 20,
2022
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