Besides its terrible impact on mental health, postpartum depression can also bring long-term financial struggles to affected women, new research shows. “These findings highlight the importance of screening and expanding access to mental health support services for low-income pregnant and postpartum women,” said study author Slawa Rokicki, an instructor at Rutgers School of Public Health in New Brunswick, N.J. For the study, researchers analyzed data on more than 4,300 U.S. women who had babies between 1998 and 2000 and were followed until 2017. To read the full story.