I’ve been traveling for several weeks in a row and also trying to get the Mother’s Day Rally ready, so I’ve been remiss in letting you know about the PSI Blog Hop. To help raise awareness of maternal mental health month, you can write your own blog post and link up to the blog hop throughout the month of May. Here are instructions on how to participate, and here is an example of a Blog Hop story from PPD advocate Ivy Shih Leung. Be sure to check it out!
Other news:
* The Manhattan JCC will host a special event on June 4th from 7-8:30pm entitled “Pregnancy & Postpartum Depression and Anxiety: More Than Just the Baby Blues.” Featured speakers include Dr. Margaret Spinelli and Sonia Murdock, founder of the Postpartum Resource Center of New York. For more information, or to register, please call 646-505-5708.
* The 2013 Strollerthon to benefit Postpartum Education and Support will be held on May 18th at Fred G. Bond Metro Park in Cary, NC. For more info or to register, click here.
* The University of North Carolina has just launched a five-year study looking at the role of oxytocin in postpartum depression and bonding between mothers and babies.
* Abbie Goldberg, professor at Clark University, received a $718,770 grant from IMH to study postpartum mental health in heterosexual women, lesbian women and those who have a history of relationships with women but are partnered with men at the time they become parents.
* Australia’s specialist helpline for moms with postpartum depression (or postnatal depression as they call it down under) is in desperate need of funding after a 70% increase in calls.
