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From KQED. Welcome back to Forum. It's still me, Alexis Madrigal. Postpartum depression afflicts millions of American women each year and remains underdiagnosed and undertreated. In 2019, the FDA approved

brachshanolone, the first drug specifically for postpartum depression. Studies showed that it worked

quickly and well, but it's also expensive and new. And a recent KQED report found that Kaiser Permanente,

the largest health provider in California, has set very tough conditions on prescribing it. KQED report found that Kaiser Permanente, the largest health provider in California,

has set very tough conditions on prescribing it. KQED reporter April Domboski joins us to discuss

her reporting and the challenges mothers face in receiving treatment for postpartum depression.

Welcome, April.

Thank you.

So first let's talk about postpartum depression, which affects perhaps one and eight mothers in the United States.

It seems like it has come to the four in recent years as a major mental health problem.

It has. A lot more women have been reporting it.

There's also been an increase in the number of states who are

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