PSI Launches Compelling Short-Film on Postpartum Mood & Anxiety Disorders
Postpartum Support International has produced and launched a compelling new multi-cultural short film on what it's like for women who go through a postpartum mood or anxiety disorder such as postpartum depression. It's really the best I've ever seen, and...If She Tells You She's Depressed, Will You Think Less of Her?
On a very popular "mommy" website called 5 Minutes for Mom, one of the founders, Janice, writes about her depression, including a bout with PPD. "I worry that people will read and judge me, that they will think I am weak and incapable of doing my job....Dramatic Changes in the Brain Help Pregnant Women Become Mothers
Just saw this article from Scientific American on how the brain changes in a woman who is pregnant. It'sso interestingto see what is going on inside us, of which we are completely unaware, as our bodies prepare us to be mothers. One highlight applicable to...Two Mothers with Postpartum Depression Commit Suicide in Kansas
I heard from Meeka Centimano this week of the Postpartum Resource Center of Kansas. She is understandably upset about the recentloss of two different mothers in Kansas to suicide as a result of postpartum depression. I asked Meeka, who is also a coordinator for PSI in...New Book Shares Stories & Images of Recovery from Mental Illness
A new book called "Firewalkers" chronicles the experience of living through a mental health crisis. As itseditors describe: Firewalkers is the story of people who have experienced extreme mental states and through this experience, have learned things they...
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.