Hearing on Melanie Blocker Stokes Act To Be Held May 1st
PSI President Susan Dowd-Stone informs me that there will be a hearing on the Melanie Blocker Stokes Act on May 1st. In addition, The MOTHER's Act is scheduled to be reintroduced in the Senate soon. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) has now signed on as the lead...Queens NY Hospitals Now Screen for PPD
Hooray for Queens, NY! According to the Queens Tribune, Flushing and Jamaica Hospitals are now working to combat the stigma of postpartum depression and educate moms-to-be, according to Seeth Vivek, the Department of Psychiatry Chair at both hospitals. The Neonatal...HRSA Offers Free Booklet on Perinatal Depression
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has released a new booklet on depression during and after pregnancy (perinatal depression). The booklet contains tips on identifying the condition in mothers and offers six steps to help treat it successfully....Washington Fully Funds Awareness Campaign
Many, many congratulations to Heidi Koss-Nobel and everyone else involved in the state of Washington in working to get the Postpartum Depression Awareness Campaign fully funded by the state legislature. Thank you, Washington, for providing resources for such an...Orange County Registers Covers Impact of Perinatal Mood Disorders on New Fathers
This is an excellent story from the Orange County Register by Theresa Walker about how postpartum mood disorders impact new fathers. It is sometimes easy to forget the toll these disorders take on our husbands, who are completely unprepared for the role they have to...
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.