Climb Out of the Darkness of Postpartum Depression
If you are reading this blog, you are one of us. Or you love or care for people like us. We are the 15% of new or pregnant moms who have postpartum depression, anxiety, psychosis or other related mood disorders. And we have all benefited greatly from the peer...News From the Los Angeles County Perinatal Mental Health Task Force
Sharing news from the Los Angeles County Perinatal Mental Health Task Force. Here are just a few things they’d love for you to do before May — Maternal Mental Health Month — is over … 1. Watch and share this Public Service Announcement. The...
Researchers Find Genes That Predict Postpartum Depression
Postpartum depression is really a combo-pack of nature and nurture, rather than what we have thought of as solely a “chemical imbalance.” Part of the cause of PPD is likely your genes, and part of the cause is likely what type of trauma, stress or...
What The New DSM-V Says About Postpartum Depression & Psychosis
The new Diagnostic Statistical Manual — the DSM-V — has officially been released by the American Psychiatric Association. So what does it say about postpartum depression? Not what I thought it would. In the DSM-IV, to diagnose Major Depressive Disorder...Meet Me in Chicago at BlogHer ’13!
I realize that many of you are not bloggers so feel free to ignore this, but for those of you who are and who have been thinking about attending a blogging or social media conference, why not come see me in Chicago in July? I’m speaking at Pathfinder Day on July...
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.