by Katherine Stone |
A news and events roundup on everything postpartum depression-related for you: * Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services in Michigan has launched a new Mother and Baby Day Program for postpartum depression treatment. The second of its kind in the nation, it allows... by Katherine Stone |
A poll conducted by the Royal College of Midwives in the United Kingdom finds that moms with depression in pregnancy, or antenatal depression, have very little information about the illness and are unlikely to seek help. According to the BBC, the poll of 260 mothers... by Katherine Stone |
I’ve been having a little bout of depression, as you know. This means my trusty sunglasses and baseball cap are doing overtime duty, just as they did when I had postpartum depression. When I’m depressed, I don’t care much about things like covering... by Katherine Stone |
One of the reasons it’s difficult to get people to start spending money and creating significant programs to combat postpartum depression is because it’s difficult to quantify the cost of postpartum depression to society. No one has really done it, at... by Katherine Stone |
I wanted to share this letter with you, created by Dr. Laura Miller, a reproductive psychiatrist and the director of Women’s Mental Health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Here’s the information she offered to her own patients and other...