The months leading up to an adoption are often hectic ones. Your schedule is filled with meetings, home evaluations, and plans for when and how the adoption will take place. Once you're home with your child, however, you're faced with new stresses and new activities. It can lead to post-adoption depression.

"Many of the suggestions recommended to lessen a child's trauma as she transitions to her new family could actually contribute to your feelings of isolation and depression. Allowing yourself to seek support and communication with other adults is vital to your emotional health."

The seven strategies and list of questions offered in this article from MSN can you help you be aware of, and manage, post-adoption depression.