Laughing at Mental Illness – Britney Spears, Lisa Nowak & Anna Nicole Smith
There has been some discussion about whether Britney Spears is suffering from some form of postpartum depression. It certainly doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility, given the number of stressors in her life (divorce, paparazzi, two children under the age...Profoundly Alone: Take 2
I posted this the other day, but because of a glitch none of my subscribers got it. So I’m posting it again because I think it’s important. Profoundly Alone: The Disconnection of Postpartum Depression When you suffer from a postpartum mood disorder, you...Telephone Screening A Reliable Method to Identify PPD
Here's an interesting tidbit: Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, conducted a study on the reliability of telephone screening for identification of postpartum depression. Eight weeks after discharge from the hospital, 106 women participating in the study...Screening Bill Introduced in IL State Legislature
Postpartum psychosis survivor Mary Howorth has shared with me that she has been working with members of the Illinois state legislature to get postpartum depression legislation passed to require perinatal mood disorder screening. The bill, called the Postpartum Mood...
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.