Family and Relationship Wellness
3/1/12-How Stigma Hurts Us
A quilt including names of women, children, and family members who lost their lives due to postpartum psychosis, made and donated to Postpartum Support International There is only one thing I follow more closely than articles that relate to Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs), and that is the comment section that follows these articles. As I … [Read More...]
1/30/12 – Do Stay-at-Home Moms have a Job?
Blog Home Last week my colleage Marisol and I attended a two day training called Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care. The training was led by four professionals including Birdie Gunyon Meyer and Pec Indman, whom are both well-established experts in the field, and who are also on the Board of Directors at Postpartum Support International. During … [Read More...]
1/12/2012 – Study: 30 Percent of Latinas suffer from Perinatal Depression
Blog Home In 2009, Postpartum Support International conducted a study that examined the incidence of Perinatal Mood Disorders among Latina women. The study found that around 32% of pregnant Latinas experience depressive symptoms congruent with PPMD, while 36% of pregnant Mexican females experience PPMD symptoms. This shocking number is nearly double the percentage of the general … [Read More...]
12/14/2011 – PPMD and Relationship Wellness
Blog Home Anyone who has had a Perinatal Mood or Anxiety Disorder knows that the symptoms of these illnesses affect not only the person suffering from them, but also those nearest and dearest to the afflicted (including children, parents, and spouses). Many women who have experienced PPMD say that one of the greatest challenges of … [Read More...]
10/17/11 – Breaking Down Mainstream Stigma
Blog Home If you read the news regularly, then you probably read the devastating news about Sonia Hermosillo, a mother in California who has been charged with murder for throwing her 7-month-old son from a parking garage. If you have your finger on the pulse of Postpartum Mental Illness in the news, then you know … [Read More...]
