Dear Colleague,
The MOTHERS Act may or may not make it past the U.S. Senate but awareness of PPD--one of the Act's main purposes--is growing, in part, as a result of the controversy surrounding the bill. For this, we have the bill's detractors to thank. Most recently, actress and Scientologist Kirstie Alley let loose a very misinformed and misleading tirade against the Act on her Twitter page--echoing claims made by Scientology's front group, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights--which caught the attention of such mainstream news and opinion sites such as Politico.com and DailyKos.com. From there, the debate spread to the blogosphere. With luck, some true and correct information about PPD and what women can do about it will emerge from the hullabaloo.
Medical
Updates
Subtypes of postnatal depression? A comparison of women with recurrent and de novo postnatal depression.
Phillips J, Sharpe L, Matthey S, Charles M.
J Affect Disord. 2009 May 12. [Epub ahead of print]
Researchers found that women with previous episodes of depression had more negative attitudes related to mothering than women with PPD but no prior episodes of depression (so-called "novo postnatal depression").
Fragmented maternal sleep is more strongly correlated with depressive symptoms than infant temperament at three months postpartum.
Goyal D, Gay C, Lee K.
Arch Womens Ment Health. 2009 Apr 25. [Epub ahead of print]
This study found that mothers who slept less than 4 hours per night were at increased risk for depression at 3 months postpartum.
Infantile colic, prolonged crying and maternal postnatal depression.
Vik T, Grote V, Escribano J, Socha J, Verduci E, Fritsch M, Carlier C, von Kries R, Koletzko B; for the European Childhood Obesity Trial Study Group.
Acta Paediatr. 2009 Apr 28. [Epub ahead of print]
Excessive, prolonged infant crying, as with colic, was found to be associated with high maternal depression scores.
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In
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Of mice and mothering: Case Western Reserve University researchers find brain chemical serotonin may be an influence
Cleveland Plain Dealer.com, May 17, 2009
Researchers at CWRU has shown a possible connection between serotonin deprivation and neglectful mothering in mice.
Postpartum Depression Is Top Priority For New ACOG President
Medical News Today.com, May 7, 2009
The new president of the The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) says postpartum depression will be the theme of his presidential initiative.
Debra Lynn Gindorf: Quinn Commutes Sentence Of Postpartum Woman Who Killed Kids
Huffington Post.com, May 2, 2009
Illinois governor Patrick Quinn has commuted the sentence of Debra Lynn Gindorf, a mother who spent 24 years behind bars for killing her 2 children while suffering from postpartum psychosis.
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Events
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Breaking Down Walls: New Frontiers in Perinatal Health Care
When: June 3
Where: Berlin, NJ
Clinician’s Toolbox: Women’s Behavioral Health Issues Practical and Efficient Solutions
When: June 9
Where: Livingston, NJ
Motherhood, Mood Disorders and Anxiety: Before, During and After Pregnancy.
When: June 23
Where: St. Paul, Minnesota
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Marcé Society
The principal aim of the society is to promote, facilitate and communicate about research into all aspects of the mental health of women, their infants, and their partners around the time of childbirth.
Motherisk
Motherisk provides evidence-based information and guidance about the safety or risk to the developing fetus or infant of maternal exposure to drugs, chemicals, diseases, radiation, and environmental agents.
PubMed
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