Inform, Empower, Act: Why Research Matters

Inform, Empower, Act: Why Research Matters

I’ve been there. Sitting at home with a new baby; shaking with anxiety, unable to eat, sleep, or think clearly enough to put one foot in front of the other. You turn on your computer or pull out your phone and visit Google and start to research your symptoms. The...
Moms Needed for a Postpartum OCD Study

Moms Needed for a Postpartum OCD Study

Becoming a mother should be one of the happiest moments in a woman’s life. Unfortunately, many women suffer from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders beginning in pregnancy through the first year postpartum. Postpartum Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is becoming...

The Heritability of Perinatal Mood Disorders

Many of us know that once we start talking about our experiences with a Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder, those around us begin to hear reflections of their own journeys in our words. Sometimes, that may even be a family member such as a sister or a mother. But is...

Rethinking Antidepressants and Birth Defects

Ruta Nonacs, MD, PhD, of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Women’s Mental Health, posted a very important blog post yesterday regarding a large new study published in the British Medical Journal regarding SSRI’s (the type of antidepressant...