5 Common Concerns About Therapy for Postpartum Depression
Ask any clinician who treats postpartum depression and related illnesses, there are many times when a mom who is struggling and in desperate need of support reaches out for an initial therapy session and then does not return. And while those of us who get the...Victoria Costello: On Why Postpartum Depression Treatment Is Important
To Every Mom and Mom-to-be on Mother’s Day: My story is not unusual. My message is not complicated. You have to take care of yourself so you can be there for your children. What’s not simple is how someone who’s in the depths of postpartum depression, and enduring...Weighing The Risks of Treating Antenatal Depression
There’s a new study out this week, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, on the effect of taking antidepressants during pregnancy that essentially offers the same result as other studies we’ve reported on here: Women with untreated depression...Antidepressants vs. The Placebo Effect: Whether SSRIs Really Work
This past Sunday, CBS’ 60 Minutes aired a segment on antidepressants being no better than placebo. Harvard researcher and author Irving Kirsch says antidepressants do not work because of the ingredients inside them or any effect they have on serotonin, but...
Why Americans Don’t Want To Discuss Depression With Their Doctors
A fascinating new study finds that a large chunk of Americans would rather not discuss symptoms of depression with their doctors. According to Health.com, “43% of people would keep their depression symptoms to themselves during a doctor’s appointment, because...
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.