What are you doing on the First Thursday of every month? Consider spending some time with MedEdPPD.org, at our First Thursday teleconferences. These popular and informative events have covered such topics as SSRIs and Pregnancy, Postpartum Psychosis, and Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Perinatal Depression, among others. If your schedule doesn't permit live participation, archives of each teleconference are available on the site. We also offer downloadable podcasts and videocasts, so you can access the most up-to-date information on PPD wherever you are. If you have a particular question relating to an upcoming First Thursday topic but won't be able to attend the live teleconference, you can submit your question in writing at any time before or during the live event.
The next First Thursday, The Importance of Assessing Comorbidities When Evaluating Perinatal Mood Disorders, will be presented by Susan Dowd Stone, MSW, LCSW, President, Postpartum Support International, on October 4. For more information, or to view the complete list of prior First Thursdays, visit our First Thursday page.
The Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Postpartum Affective Disorders.
Forray A, Ostroff RB.
J ECT. 2007 Sep;23(3):188-193.
This case series presents 5 women with postpartum depression and psychosis, all of whom had failed prior pharmacological therapy, who had a significant response within 3 to 6 treatments with ECT.
Postpartum depression in adolescent mothers: an integrative review of the literature.
Reid V, Meadows-Oliver M.
J Pediatr Health Care. 2007 Sep-Oct;21(5):289-98.
This review integrated 12 research-based articles to provide a better understanding of depression among adolescent mothers in the first year postpartum.
Perinatal Depression: Hiding in Plain Sight
Lusskin SI, Pundiak TM, Habib S.
Can J Psychiatry 2007;52:479-488.
Using MEDLINE and PubMed searches, the authors reviewed the recent research on the origins, course, and consequences of pregnancy-related depression.
InTheNews
House Energy and Commerce Committee Approves Bill To Study Causes, Treatment of Postpartum Depression
Kaiser Network.org, Sept. 28, 2007
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has approved by voice vote a bill (HR 20) that would authorize $3 million in grants in fiscal year 2008 to study the causes and treatments of postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis.
Talking helps new moms recover
Charleston.net, Sept. 10, 2007
Since Sandra Poulin found that talking was the first step to recovery from her PPD, she has dedicated herself to helping other women open up about it. She solicited hundreds of first-person stories for "The Mother-to-Mother Postpartum Depression Support Book."
Serenity now
Boston Herald.com, Sept. 16, 2007
An innovative program at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital in Massachusetts gives new mothers a 2-hour daily quiet period to bond with their babies uninterrupted. The program is the idea of nurse Luigina Maniscalco, who said research shows moms are leaving hospitals tired and stressed, a precursor to PPD.
6th NYU Reproductive Psychiatry Conference
When: October 6-7
Where: New York, NY
NPWH 10th Annual Conference: Women’s Health Care in the New Millennium
When: October 10-13
Where: Philadelphia, PA
APA 58th Institute on Psychiatric Services
When: October 11-14
Where: New Orleans, LA
MedEdResources
Postpartum Progress
Promoting progress in treatment and comfort among sufferers of postpartum mood disorders, this blog is written by a woman diagnosed with postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder after the birth of her son.
American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 60,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.
National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth Literature Database
The NCFY literature database contains abstracts or summaries of more than 13,500 publications that focus on youth and family issues.
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