Perinatal mental illness is a severe problem in the United States, affecting one in five pregnant people. Perinatal mental health conditions—including unipolar and bipolar depression, anxiety, ...
Perinatal mental health, the largest obstetric complication, affects 1 in 7 women In this guest column, Laura Baldwin, a therapist with specialized training in perinatal mental health, writes about ...
Actor Kimberley Nixon speaks openly about perinatal OCD, intrusive thoughts and postnatal mental health after childbirth, and ...
But needing support doesn’t mean you’re failing, it means you’re human. A really brave human.” Kate Borsato, psychotherapist and founder of The Perinatal Collective It’s hard to say, "I’m not okay," ...
What can we do to move the needle for perinatal mental health, so that future issues of Health Affairs may be able to point more toward hope for the future, and less toward the dismal present? The ...
The experience of family planning, preservation, and treatment comes with a whirlwind of losses on so many levels. The attachment to a future child isn't just a physical thing; it’s emotional, ...
While most people have at least heard of postpartum depression, there is actually a collection of mental health disorders that can occur during pregnancy and after childbirth. Upwards of 1 in 5 women ...
In our series What It’s Like, we speak with people from a wide range of backgrounds about how their lives have changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. For this installment, we spoke to Pooja ...
Cassie Manjikian joined KCRA 3's Andrea Flores to discuss the organization's efforts to support families in the state.
Becoming a parent is usually celebrated as a happy time. But it can often be stressful and overwhelming, too. While some anxiety at this time is normal, around one in five women may experience ...