Category Archives: PPD Recovery
Therapy at home helps new moms cope with depression
More evidence to show that counseling mothers in their homes has a huge impact on lessening symptoms of postpartum depression. Counseling Reduces Postpartum Depression At-Home Therapy Helps New Mothers Cope with Depressive Symptoms by Brenda Lane A significant number of … Continue reading
OCD is like a radio that’s turned up too high
OCD is like a radio that’s turned up too high says psychologist, Kiara Timpano who has created a new prevention program for moms at risk of developing OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). The program includes information on the warning signs of anxiety and OCD, as well as specific techniques for how to deal with the symptoms (based on cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques). Continue reading
Volunteer Grandparent helps mom with postpartum depression
AS WE AGE: Volunteer Grandparents making a real impact (reposted from burnaby newsleader blog) By Nicole Clark – Burnaby NewsLeader Published: August 09, 2011 12:00 PM Updated: August 09, 2011 1:59 PM Seema Patel hit a low point in her life after the … Continue reading
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An overnight clinic just for postpartum moms
Postpartum Depression Clinic The First Of Its Kind Story by Ann Heppermann / August 14, 2011 (Reposted from NPR blog) Women suffering from postpartum depression in the United States have not had an overnight clinic to address their specific needs. The … Continue reading
Ithaca mothers turn placentas into post-natal supplement
Ithaca mothers turn placentas into post-natal supplement Written by Aaron Munzer Correspondent 5:25 PM, Aug. 10, 2011| Within 24 hours of the baby’s birth, Polly Wood had her gloved hands on its placenta. Using traditional Chinese medicinal techniques in the … Continue reading
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Case Study Examining Postpartum Depression Symptoms and Treatment
Case Study Examining Postpartum Depression Symptoms and Treatment August 05, 2011 by Aza Nedhari Postpartum Mood Disorders The criterion as specified by the DSM-IV-TR for Postpartum Onset Specifier is with Postpartum Onset (can be applied to the current or most … Continue reading
The baby boost – how babies are helping their moms recover from depression.
The baby boost Reveals how babies are helping their moms recover from depression. The ten percent of new mothers who suffer major depression within weeks or months of giving birth; The Postpartum Well-Being Program directed by Stephanie von Ammon Cavanaugh … Continue reading
PPD? Questions & Tips for Postpartum Women
Do we really know how postpartum women are feeling? Published on July 26, 2011 by Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW in This Isn’t What I Expected To physicians and other healthcare practitioners: If you are not asking these questions of each postpartum woman, you … Continue reading
Postpartum Depression Shouldn’t Make Moms Feel Ashamed
Originally Posted by Jacqueline Burt on August 6, 2011 at 6:00 AM It doesn’t surprise me that there’s still enough of astigma associated with postpartum depressionthat many moms don’t seek help. Postpartum depression is an illness, but we treat it as a character flaw, … Continue reading
Asking for Help: What Gets in the Way and Why?
It takes strength to ask for help, it is not a sign of weakness. Published on August 4, 2011 by Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW in This Isn’t What I Expected Women tend to take better care of everyone else than themselves. Most women … Continue reading
Minimizing antidepressant side-effects
On the bookshelf in my consulting room is a gem of a book entitled: The Antidepressant Survival Guide: The Clinically Proven Program to Enhance the Benefits and Beat the Side Effects of Your Medication by Robert J. Hedaya The Antidepressant Survival Program … Continue reading
Six Things That Affect How Long It Takes to Recover From Postpartum Depression & Anxiety
Here is a gem from Katherine Stone, founder of Postpartum Progress – the most widely-read blog in the United States on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders: “There is probably no question I am asked more often by moms suffering from perinatal mood … Continue reading