NASW & NOW Endorse Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act
The Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act has had and is gaining wide support from groups involved in everything from the psychiatric field to women's rights. Susan Stone over at Perinatal Pro (that one was for you, Susan!) shares that the bill has now been endorsed...
Don’t Let the Terms “Baby Blues” or “Mild” Postpartum Depression Fool You
I want you to read a brief but great piece by John McManamy at McMan’s Depression and Bipolar Web called Mental Water Torture. It’s about the importance of not blowing off mild to moderate depression until it turns into major depression. His words apply to...Do Unwanted or Mistimed Pregnancies Lead to Postpartum Depression?
The journal Contraception has published a study finding that women with unintended pregnancies are more like to report experiencing postpartum depression. Find it here.Study Finds Internet Effective Way to Administer PPD Screens
The March 2009 issue of Maternal Child Health Journal offers a study from researchers at George Washington University and Johns Hopkins that examined using the Internet to screen for postpartum depression symtpoms. The Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS) and...
Meet Katherine
Katherine Stone is the creator of Postpartum Progress. She is a survivor of postpartum anxiety & OCD. Follow her on Twitter at @postpartumprog or on Instagram at @katherine_stone.
Meet Katherine
Katherine Stone is the creator of Postpartum Progress. She is a survivor of postpartum anxiety & OCD. Follow her on Twitter at @postpartumprog or on Instagram at @katherine_stone.