Autism and Antidepressants During Pregnancy: Check Your Sources
So this tweet goes out on Twitter today saying that Zoloft causes autism when women take the medication during pregnancy. Mamas start getting nervous. Upset. Understandably so. As you might imagine, I take immediate notice. What is the source? I find the tweet that...
UNC Opens First Freestanding Inpatient Perinatal Psychiatry Clinic in US
They already know this, because I talk to them quite a bit, but I couldn’t be more proud of or excited for the wonderful people at the University of North Carolina (UNC) for opening the country’s first freestanding perinatal inpatient psychiatry unit....Postpartum Depression & Eating Disorders, Pregnancy Depression’s Impact on Babies
Want to share with you some great stories out this week on postpartum depression and related issues: The first is from my friend Rita Arens at BlogHer. She wrote an in-depth piece about eating disorders, postpartum depression, and the relation between the two. The...Pregnancy, Antidepressants & Autism: Is There A Link?
Yesterday it was widely-reported that a new research study found a link between autism and SSRIs taken by mothers during pregnancy. SSRIs, if you don’t know, are certain types of antidepressants, and include such name brands as Zoloft, Prozac, Paxil and Luvox....MGH Looks At SSRIs during Pregnancy & PPD and Sleep
The MGH Center for Women's Mental Health has two new stories out that I wanted to point you to: Postpartum Depression and Poor Sleep Quality Occur Togetherreviews a recent study on sleep quality and sleep efficiency among depressed new moms. Should SSRIs Be...
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.