The Heritability of Perinatal Mood Disorders

Many of us know that once we start talking about our experiences with a Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder, those around us begin to hear reflections of their own journeys in our words. Sometimes, that may even be a family member such as a sister or a mother. But is...
Finding Your Circles

Finding Your Circles

During the Warrior Mom Conference last week in Boston, we did an exercise where the brilliant Kate Kripke, LCSW, asked us to draw a target. In the bullseye, we were to write the people that we could call that would be there in an instant, whether by phone, physical...

Rethinking Antidepressants and Birth Defects

Ruta Nonacs, MD, PhD, of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Women’s Mental Health, posted a very important blog post yesterday regarding a large new study published in the British Medical Journal regarding SSRI’s (the type of antidepressant...