Actress Amanda Peet Reveals Bout with PPD
According to Celebrity Baby Blog, actress Amanda Peet has revealed that she struggled with a fairly serious postpartum depression following the birth of her daughter Frances Penn in an interview with Gotham magazine. The 36-year-old actress says that the feelings of...Predictors of Postpartum Suicide Attempts
A study just published in the August 2008 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, found that a history of psychiatric disorders or substance abuse was a strong predictor of post-partum suicide attempts. After adjusting for fetal or infant death...Study Finds Significant Numbers of Women Experiencing Depression Symptoms Postpartum
Childbirth Connection, a leading national not-for-profit organization that works to improve the quality of maternity care, today released "New Mothers Speak Out, National Survey Results Highlight Women's Postpartum Experiences." The combined survey...Matria Healthcare Launches MaternaLink PPD Screening Program
Matria Healthcare, LLC, a subsidiary of Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc., announced today that it has launched its MaternaLink Postpartum Depression (PPD) Screening Program, a service to help identify new moms at risk for PPD. The program’s focus is to...Research Into Cause of PPD: Elementary Version
Science Daily explains the new research like this (which was a little bit easier for me to understand): "Researchers have pinpointed a mechanism in the brains of mice that could explain why some human mothers become depressed following childbirth.The discovery...
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.