The Maternal Nurse Educator Is Conducting a Presentation for Antepartum

The maternal nurse educator is conducting a presentation for antepartum patients describing the identification and care of women diagnosed with postpartum psychiatric disorders. Which information should the maternal nurse educator include in her teaching content?

A) Postpartum depression occurs in as many as 50% to 70% of mothers and is characterized by mild depression interspersed with happier feelings.
B) Postpartum depression is typically mild and usually self-limiting, lasting up to 6 weeks.
C) Even if she is asymptomatic, a woman with a history of postpartum depression should be referred to a mental health professional for counseling and biweekly visits postpartum.
D) Women with postpartum depression have a history of exposure to an extremely traumatic personal event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury and evokes intense fear, helplessness, or horror.