Julie Hersh: The Fine Print of Motherhood
Note: the following is excerpted from Julie's new book "Struck by Living" I lay on our carpet, exhausted, brain-bent, eyes pasted on my one-year-old son. Andrew stood with his back to me, palms pressed against the window. He gazed at the branches...A Father Remembers His Daughter Lost to Postpartum Depression
Lauren Hale at Sharing the Journey has asked those of us who blog about postpartum depression to write today about a mom named Crystal who lost her life to PPD not long after giving birth to her second child. Lauren explains: On Wednesday night, I received an email...NIMH Offers Healthcare Pros Downloadable Pocket Card for Suicide Assessment
Healthcare providers can follow this link to download the Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T) pocket card. It provides protocols for conducting a comprehensive suicide assessment, eliminating suicide risk, identifying protective factors, and...Two Mothers with Postpartum Depression Commit Suicide in Kansas
I heard from Meeka Centimano this week of the Postpartum Resource Center of Kansas. She is understandably upset about the recentloss of two different mothers in Kansas to suicide as a result of postpartum depression. I asked Meeka, who is also a coordinator for PSI in...
Meet Katherine
Katherine Stone is the creator of Postpartum Progress. She is a survivor of postpartum anxiety & OCD. Follow her on Twitter at @postpartumprog or on Instagram at @katherine_stone.
Meet Katherine
Katherine Stone is the creator of Postpartum Progress. She is a survivor of postpartum anxiety & OCD. Follow her on Twitter at @postpartumprog or on Instagram at @katherine_stone.