by Katherine Stone |
Susan Paynter, columnist at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, wrote a great column on Monday about the problem with insurance companies refusing to pay for certain antidepressant medications prescribed to treat postpartum mood disorders. To read the entire column, click... by Katherine Stone |
So Tom Cruise has now apologized to Brooke Shields, and she accepted his apology (see story here). Good for them both. I, on the other hand, have not forgiven Tom Cruise. It hurt all of us when he dragged our illness into the spotlight and essentially made us feel... by Katherine Stone |
A study recently conducted at the Swinburne University of Technology in Australia has found that the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), while fairly accurately identifying women suffering from postpartum depression, often misses those women suffering... by Katherine Stone |
I cried tears of relief when Andrea Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning deaths of her five children. As someone who has experienced mental illness, I felt gratitude for the jurors, who were able to recognize that she was clearly very sick...