by Katherine Stone |
It makes me so damn mad when postpartum depression steals another beautiful mother from the world via suicide. Just so furious. On October 1, 36-year-old Texas lawyer and new mother Kristi Wise took her own life while in the throes of postpartum depression. I wish we... by Katherine Stone |
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... by Katherine Stone |
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... by Katherine Stone |
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... by Katherine Stone |
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...