POSTPARTUM PROGRESS | postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety help for moms

Why Does This Happen???

This is a very good article on postpartum depression from yesterday's New York times, written by Jane Brody: Don't Let Your Baby Blues Go Code Red. What really interested me was the following paragraph: Known risk factors include a personal or family history...

NAMI Walks

by Katherine Stone | 0 comments

Darlene Gray sent me this link, which is the homepage for 5k walks that will be held around the country this Fall for the National Association of Mental Illness. The "Campaign for the Mind of America" will raise money and awareness about our country’s...

The Importance of Medication: A Study on Women's Views

by Katherine Stone | 1 comment

Helena Bradford, chairwoman of the Ruth Rhoden Craven Foundation for Postpartum Depression Awareness, sent me the following information on the results of a study entitled "Women's Views of Antidepressants in the Treatment of Postnatal Depression." An...

Omega-3

by Katherine Stone | 4 comments

In the new book "YOU: The Owner’s Manual" by Dr. Michael F. Roizen and Dr. Mehmet C. Oz, I happened upon the following factiod:Essential fatty acids — like omega-3 fatty acids found in fish — can help prevent postpartum depression. When the...