New Study Says Docs Not Probing for Signs of PPD
From WRAL.com in North Carolina: "A new study suggests a majority of doctors are not probing new mothers for signs of postpartum depression. Of the 228 physicians responding to the survey who said they had seen women for postpartum visits in the previous three...Postpartum Depression Deserves Attention No Matter Who Gets It
This is a link to a story from United Press International, from the annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that was held earlier this month. (Sorry it took me this long to get to it!) Here's what I loved about it:...New Bill Introduced in Maine for Postpartum Mental Health Education And Screening
It looks like postpartum depression legislation has been introduced in the state of Maine to make PPD screenings mandatory at 6-weeks post birth and to require doctors to educate women on postpartum depression during their pregnancy. The bill (LD 792, An Act...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.