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Source: Kidney Notes - November 30, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
True Story: One Father ’ s Struggle with Postpartum Depression
Dads get the “baby blues” too.
People might not realize this, but, after the birth of a child, both women and men can encounter symptoms of postpartum depression. I’m speaking from experience here.
After the birth of my daughter, which endures as one of the happiest moments of my life, I found myself struggling with unexpected waves of anxiety, fear, and depression.
It was horrible, and what made it worse, was that I was very uncomfortable talking about it.
8 Heartbreaking Secrets ALL Men Keep From The Women They Love
Here’s why — don’t you hate it when a couple says “we’re pregnant”?
I do. Because the d...
Source: World of Psychology - October 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Staff Tags: Depression Disorders Family Men's Issues Parenting Personal Publishers YourTango anxiety Baby Blues birth Child Emotions Father Fatherhood Fear panic postpartum depression Pregnancy Tom Burns Wife women Source Type: blogs
Reconnecting with Your Partner After Postpartum Depression
Having a baby tends to change your marriage. How could it not? You’re adding another (beautiful) human being to your household. A human being who requires you to fulfill their every need, usually every few minutes, and who rarely lets you sleep. And most of us aren’t exactly at our best when we’re sleep deprived, stressed and spent.
When you add postpartum depression (PPD) to the mix, your marriage might feel especially fragile. Even after you’ve recovered from PPD, your foundation may be shaky. You might feel disconnected from each other. You’re physically in the same house, in the same room, and yet your hearts...
Source: World of Psychology - September 13, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Books Depression Disorders General Marriage and Divorce Mental Health and Wellness Relationships Self-Help Stress Women's Issues Affection Amy Wenzel Communication communication tips connection Couples Effective Communicati Source Type: blogs
Maternal Mental Health Screening: What I Wished I’d Had
When I was pregnant back in 1997, I wish my doctor had told me I might be at risk for postpartum depression. Her words wouldn’t have alarmed me. They would have prompted me to get treatment when the darkness did indeed hit.
During my six-week postpartum checkup when I was at my worst, I wish my OB/GYN had handed me a mental health screening and explained the difference between the “blues” and depression.
Perhaps I would have lied on the screening, although I doubt it. At the time I was desperately trapped inside my terrified silence. Only my husband knew how far I’d fallen until one night on the phone with my sist...
Source: World of Psychology - July 16, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Laura G Owens Tags: Depression Disorders General Health-related Parenting Personal Psychology Women's Issues Baby Blues Childbirth Hormonal Changes Mental Disorder Motherhood Obstetrics postpartum depression Pregnancy Source Type: blogs
Psychology Around the Net: July 16, 2016
Happy Saturday, sweet readers!
I must say, I hope you’ve all had a better week than I. During a quick getaway last weekend, I managed to catch a nasty summer cold (isn’t getting sick during the summer the worst?) and, suffice it to say, I’ve spent a lot of time couch surfing with a box of tissues and all manner of cold medicine that doesn’t. work. at. all.
Cue sneezing fit.
Still, I managed to scour the interwebs for some of the latest in mental health news just for you! Read on to find out the psychological benefits of writing, why time seems to go faster as we age, and — oh yeah — why ...
Source: World of Psychology - July 16, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Brain and Behavior Depression Disorders Health-related Medications Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Around the Net Research Technology Women's Issues benefits of writing Diet Exercise Fda Gratitude immune reactions Jef Source Type: blogs
Navigating the Tricky and Often Triggering World of Social Media as a Mom
For many moms, social media can be a triggering space. It can be a breeding ground for comparison, which so many moms are already prone to in their offline lives. Comparison only creates more and more doubt about everything from your parenting choices to how you are as a person.
Maybe you compare yourself to the mom on social media who makes creative meals, has a spotless home and entertains her kids with fun activities and adventures. Maybe you compare yourself to the mom who gushes about every part of parenting, while you’re crying and covered in throw-up. Maybe you compare yourself to the mom who’s back to her norma...
Source: World of Psychology - July 13, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: General Habits Mental Health and Wellness Parenting Relationships Self-Help Stress Technology Women's Issues anxiety Catherine O’Brien Childbirth comparison making Comparisons Confidence Depression Facebook Family goo Source Type: blogs
Do Pediatricians Have A Role In Addressing Maternal Depression? New Medicaid Guidance Shows The Way
When mothers of young children struggle with feelings of depression, it’s often difficult for them to seek the mental health care they need for themselves. Fear and stigma are significant roadblocks. However, there’s an important, if not-so-obvious person to whom a mother with a young child can turn for help: her child’s pediatrician.
Pediatric care is the most universally accessed system we have for mothers and children. Pediatricians who care for children in families with low incomes—where maternal depression is most likely—have a particularly significant role to play. But, confusion about the role of M...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - June 29, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Donna Cohen Ross and Rahil Briggs Tags: Costs and Spending Equity and Disparities Featured Medicaid and CHIP Organization and Delivery Population Health Behavioral Health Child Development maternal depression Maternal Health pediatrics Source Type: blogs
This News Terrified Me, and I Don't Even Own an AR-15
Photo © Rick Gravrok I had a dream about guns yesterday. I was being visited by a fifty-something married couple and they asked me if I had a gun. I told them, “Yes, I have a rifle in the back room,” which is odd because I don’t actually own a gun or rifle in real life. At any rate, the wife was shocked since my youngest daughter lived with me and suddenly, as is the way with dreams, my living room was filled with social workers, religious leaders, and school administrators! All of them began trying to convince me that the rifle was a bad idea and reflected poorly on my parenting. One of the officious pe...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - June 26, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Depression Family Goodreads Source Type: blogs
NIH Launches Moms’ Mental Health Matters
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched Moms’ Mental Health Matters, a new initiative to raise awareness among pregnant and postpartum mothers, their families, and health care providers about depression and anxiety during pregnancy and after the baby is born. The NIH has developed free materials in English and Spanish, including an action plan, posters and a conversation starter postcard. Learn more about Moms’ Mental Health Matters and order free materials at http://1.usa.gov/1RZuGsv (Source: BHIC)
Source: BHIC - June 14, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Carolyn Martin Tags: Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Health Affairs Briefing: Behavioral Health
Discussion: Emerging Issues In Behavioral Health
The program will feature presentations from the following authors:
Margarita Alegrìa, Chief of the Disparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Medicine and Professor, Harvard Medical School, on Removing Obstacles to Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Behavioral Health Care
Yuhua Bao, Associate Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, on Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Associated with Sustained Reduction in Schedule II Opioid Prescribing in Ambulatory Settings
Colleen Barry, Professor and As...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - May 27, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Lucy Larner Tags: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs Behavioral Health events Source Type: blogs
What The ACA Means For Mothers
Moms have another reason to smile this Mother’s Day: the uninsurance rate among mothers living with dependent children under the age of 19 fell 3.8 percentage points between 2013 and 2014, declining to 15.7 percent, the lowest rate observed since 1997.
According to a new Urban Institute analysis, uninsurance rates fell for mothers in almost all of the subgroups examined, with particularly large declines among young mothers, black and Hispanic mothers, and mothers living in the West. These gains followed the implementation of the major coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which included an expansion of Me...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - May 5, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Genevieve Kenney, Stacey McMorrow, Michael Karpman and Jason Gates Tags: Equity and Disparities Following the ACA Insurance and Coverage Medicaid and CHIP Population Health Public Health Maternal Health Medicaid expansion uninsurance Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Ethics & Society Newsfeed: April 1, 2016
Heroin Epidemic Is Yielding to a Deadlier Cousin: Fentanyl Cheaper and far more potent, the synthetic painkiller is becoming the drug of choice for some addicts — and is killing them more quickly. Who’s “They?” We are witnessing a great … Continue reading → (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - April 1, 2016 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Ethics and Society Tags: Health Care #RObert DeNiro ACA anti-vaccine CDC clinicial trial dying with dignity end of life fentanyl heroin insurance iphone kidney Newsfeed organ donation ovary removal penis transplants postpartum depression pregna Source Type: blogs
Rooming In: The Newest Birthing Controversy
Hot on the heels of media stories about the importance of screening for post-partum depression, a debate about whether to have newborns stay in hospital rooms with their moms vs. providing nursery care for the infants is emerging. It’s an interesting topic, but binary responses to the debate do little to recognize that “one size fits all” solutions may not be sound.
The benefits of rooming in instead of providing nursery care are well known. Both research-based and anecdotal reports suggest that rooming in correlates to a lower incidence of post-partum depression in new mothers and reduced breastfeeding problems for ...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - March 25, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Childbirth Patients' Rights Policy Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Getting Beyond Baby Blues: The Importance of Screening for Postpartum Depression
In January, when attention focused on the need for postpartum depression screening because of a recommendation by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of physicians and epidemiologists that develops recommendations for clinical preventive services, I was both relieved and concerned.
As a women’s health advocate and educator I worried that screening could contribute to further pathologizing women’s experiences, especially when they are connected to their reproductive lives. I also feared that Big Pharma wanted to cash in, and that fetal effects from antidepressant medication might be unduly mini...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - March 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Childbirth Women's Health Postpartum depression United States Preventive Services Task Force Source Type: blogs
More Discrimination Against Minority Children With ADHD, 46% Less Likely to Receive An ADHD Diagnosis
Want to have your daughter or son get a proper diagnosis for ADHD in America? It helps if you’re white a study of 17,100 children for 8 years in Pediatrics revealed. This is despite minority children having more risk factors for ADHD.
I wonder if the rates are similar in Canada or different? Or if there are any studies on first nations rates of ADHD? I’ve asked different people in first nations organizations over the years but have not heard anyone knowing of any data available.
Charting The Discrimination Of ADHD Children By Race.
Plot of the survival function or the cumulative proportion of children not diag...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - March 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD Treatment ADHD Stigma Source Type: blogs
