by Katherine Stone |
November is National Adoption Awareness Month. Research shows that adoptive mothers are as likely to suffer depression as birth mothers. It’s called post-adoption depression, or post adoption depression syndrome.I have invitedElizabeth Elias, RN ,to share... by Katherine Stone |
The Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians (MAPP)has developeda Postpartum Depression Projectin recognition of the fact that postpartum depression is under-diagnosed and under-treated and can have long-term adverseeffects on women and children.MAPP received a... by Katherine Stone |
After I wrote last week about my opinion that women with postpartum depression should try to seek out a specialist for treatment, I heard from a family physician in a major metropolitan city who told me that her patients now need to wait 5 months to get in to see any... by Katherine Stone |
I was very happy to see that Parents magazine and CNN.com have covered the specialized inpatient unit for women with severe perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, including postpartum depression, at the University of North Carolina. Go Dr. Elizabeth Bullard, Dr.... by Katherine Stone |
2009 has been a great year here at Postpartum Progress and I just wanted to take a look back at some of the cool things that have happened here and all thatYOU have accomplished… We started Six Things, an ongoing series of easily digestible lists of six things...