by Katherine Stone |
A study published in the August 2009 issue of the Journal of Affective Disorders has examined 16 different studies and concludes that there is little consistent evidence that theChinese postpartum custom of confinement or "doing the month" reduces postpartum... by Katherine Stone |
Richard Shaw, MD, a child psychiatrist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and an associate professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, is studying postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder among moms and dads whose infants stayed in a NICU.... by Katherine Stone |
The University of Nevada Las Vegas Maternal Health Lab is currently conducting an internet-based survey on postpartum mental health and is seeking 500 postpartum women who have had a child within the last year and are at least 18 years old to participate. The survey... by Katherine Stone |
Time's John Cloud hasa piece todayon preventing mental illness.Here's a tidbit: "Earlier this year, the National Academies — an organization of experts who investigate science for the Federal Government — released a 500-page report, nearly two years in...