by Katherine Stone |
One of the most frustrating things about postpartum mood disorders is the lack of comprehension by those around you. I’ve been talking lately to a young woman who is currently suffering postpartum OCD, and she wrote this to me in a recent email: It’s so... by Katherine Stone |
Check out this link to an interesting story last year about the discovery of a gene that may impact people’s susceptibility to depression and anxiety:Depression Gene May Weaken Mood-Regulating Circuit, May 8, 2005 Press Release – National Institutes of... by Katherine Stone |
I just got word from Helena Bradford that we’ve lost another new mother to the insidious illness of postpartum depression. I had to have a good cry before I posted this because it just crushes me every time this happens. This is an abbreviated version of the... by Katherine Stone |
A study of hospitals in the state of Ohio found that most education about PPD provided by nursing staff to new mothers is passive and that there are very few specific educational programs. (The study was conducted by the University of South Carolina’s Department...