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Treating moms can help kids' depression

Posted Aug 10, 2006.

Researchers say they've shown for the first time that treating a mother's depression can help prevent depression and anxiety disorder in her child. The study was small, but the researchers and other experts called it convincing and said it illustrates how important a parents' well-being is to a child.

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