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Psychological Aspects of Women’s Health Care: Second Edition, N. Stotland and D. Stewart, Am Psych Press.

8 Signs You Should See A Therapist, Huffington Post.

TRIUMPH for New Moms Act to Build Strategy for Improved Mental Health of U.S. Mothers, CISION PR Newswire

The National Institute of Mental Health Strategic Plan, National Institute of Mental Health

Northwestern Memorial Hospital 24/7 Crisis Line: 1-312-926-8100

Postpartum Support International

When Words Are Not Enough: The Women’s Prescription for Depression and Anxiety, V. Raskin, Broadway Books.

Listening to Prozac, P. Kramer, Viking Press.

A Deeper Shade of Blue: A Woman’s Guide to Recognizing and Treating Depression in Her Childbearing Years, R. Nonacs, Simon and Schuster.

Women’s Moods: What Every Woman Must Know about Hormones, the Brain, and Emotional Health, D. Sichel, M.D., & J.W. Driscoll, M.D., R.N., C.S, New York: Quill.

Depression During and After Pregnancy – National Women’s Health Information Center.

Pregnancy & Fetal Alcohol Syndrome – American Addiction Centers

Pregnancy & Substance Use – American Addiction Centers

Drug & Alcohol Rehab for Pregnant Women & Mothers – American Addiction Centers

Dads & Depression: Fact Sheet, MMHLA June 2021

Help For Dads: Postpartum Support, Postpartum Support International

Basic Training For New Dads, The Center For Men’s Excellence

Helping Men Beat The Baby Blues And Overcome Depression, Postpartum Men

Bootcamp For New Dads

Conception During Inconceivably Trying Times, Joey Miller

Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement and Reproductive Health, T. Weschler.

Psychiatric Aspects of Reproductive Technology, N. Stotland, Am Psych Press.

A Child After 40  –  A website for women on the journey of later motherhood.

Shine Chicago  –  A website that sheds light on pregnancy struggles through experience, passion and education.

Maternal Suicide: A Hidden Crisis , Anna Medaris Miller

Pregnant During A Pandemic, Joey Miller

From ‘Geriatric Pregnancy’ to ’35+ Pregnancy:’ There’s a better way to talk to pregnant people , Elissa Strauss, CNN

Before Your Pregnancy: A 90 Day Guide on How Two Prepare for a Healthy Conception, A. Ogle and L. Mazzullo, Ballantine Books.

Management of Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnancy, K. Yonkers and B. Little, Arnold Press.

Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy and the Postpartum, L.Cohen and R. Nonacs, Am Psych Press.

Pregnant on Prozac: The Essential Guide to Making the Best Decision for You and Your Baby, SS Bennet,
GPP Life.

Perinatal and Postpartum Mood Disorders: Perspectives and Treatment Guide for the Health Care Practitioner, S.D. Stone and A.E. Menken, Springer Pub Co.

You Can Get Pregnant Over 40, Naturally, Sandy Robertson.

Postpartum Depression (video), online resource from the National Institute of Mental health  (2010).

New Insights Into Perinatal Depression: Pathogenesis and Treatment During Pregnancy and Postpartum (journal article), Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience.  Meltzer-Brody, S. 13(1): 89-100, 2011.

Overcoming Postnatal Depression, C. Williams, 2009.

Mother-to-Mother Postpartum Depression Support Group: Real Stories From Women Who Lived Through It and Recovered, S. Poulin, 2006.

What Am I Thinking?  Having a Baby After Postpartum Depression: What You’ve Been Through, What You Have Learned, and What You Still Need to Know, K. Kleiman, 2005.

Mothering the New Mother: Women’s Feelings and Needs After Childbirth: A Support and Resource Guide, S. Placksin, 2000.

Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts: Breaking the Cycle of Unwanted Thoughts in Motherhood, K. Kleiman and A. Wenzel, 2010.

Therapy and the Postpartum Woman: Notes on Healing Postpartum Depression for Clinicians and the Women Who Seek Their Help, K. Kleiman, 2008.

This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression, K. Kleinman and V. Raskin

Postpartum Mood Disorders, L. Miller, Am Psych Press

Beyond the Blues: A Guide to Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression and Anxiety, S. Bennett, 2010.

Down Came the Rain: My Journey through Postpartum Depression, B. Shields

Meditations for New Mothers, B.W. Saavedrai

(Includes Prenatal Diagnosis/Pregnancy Termination, Ectopic/Molar Pregnancies, Blighted Ovum, Miscarriage, Stillbirth/Term Loss, and Neonatal Demise)

The International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health

A Time to Decide, A Time to Heal, M. Minnick and K. Delp, Centering Corporation

Difficult Decisions, Centering Corporation

Abortion: Facts and Feelings: A Handbook for Women and the People Who Care About Them,  N. Stotland, Am Psych Press

Unspeakable Losses: Healing From Miscarriage, Abortion, and other Pregnancy Loss,  K. Kluger-Bell

Unsupported Losses: Ectopic Pregnancy, Molar Pregnancy, and Blighted Ovum,  S. Ilse

When A Baby Dies,  I. Leon, Yale University Press

Empty Cradle, Broken Heart,  D. Davis, Centering Corporation

Help, Comfort and Hope After Losing Your Baby During Pregnancy or The First Year, H. Lothrop

Permission to Parent, R. Berman

Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards and Punishment to Love and Reason, A. Kohn, 2006.

Playful Parenting: Nurturing Close Connections, Solving Problem Behavior, and Encouraging Confidence, L. Cohen, 2002.

Mothering Without a Map: The Search for the Good Mother Within,  K. Black

Motherless Daughters: The Legancy of Loss,  H. Edelman

Motherless Mothers: How Mother-Loss Shapes the Parents We Become,  H. Edelman

Your Child: Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Developments from Birth through Preadolescence,  AACAP and D. Pruitt, Harper Paperbacks

Your Adolescent: Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Development from Early Adolescence through the Teen Years,  AACAP and D. Pruitt, Harper Paperbacks

Even June Cleaver Would Forget the Juice Box: Cut Yourself Some Slack (and Still Raise Great Kids) in the Age of Extreme Parenting,  A. Dunnewold, Ph.D, HCI

The Journey to Parenthood, Diana Lynn Barnes and Leigh G. Balber

What Am I Thinking? Having a Baby After PPD, K. Kleinman

Postpartum Husband: Practical Solutions for Living with Postpartum, K. Kleinman

A Clinician’s Guide to Menopause,  D. Stewart and G. Robinson, Health Press International

The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy, L. Streicher

MGH Center for Women’s Mental Health  –  This site (based out of Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School) serves as a reproductive psychiatry resource and information center.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health: Depression During and After Pregnancy Fact Sheet  –  This site offers excellent basic information about the different forms of depression that may occur during and after a pregnancy.

Postpartum Depression Alliance of Illinois  –  This site provides an excellent, consolidated online database of local programs and resources on postpartum depression for Illinois residents.  Information about an annual conference, workshops, and new moms’ support groups is available here.

National Institute of Mental Health

American Psychiatric Association

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine

Postpartum Support International

American Psychological Association – What is postpartum depression & anxiety?

North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics & Gynecology

National Alliance on Mental Illness

Academy for Eating Disorders

Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center

Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS)  –  OTIS, the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists, is a non-profit organization made up of individual services (TIS) throughout North America. We are dedicated to providing accurate evidence-based, clinical information to patients and health care professionals about exposures during pregnancy and lactation.

Centering Corporation  –  The Centering Corporation is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing education and resources for the bereaved.

MedlinePlus: Postpartum Depression  –  (search postpartum depression) – Developed at the National Library of Medicine specifically for consumers, this site is a portal for reliable consumer health information about postpartum depression from both government-sponsored and privately developed sources.

In the News

January 2013
Affective information processing in pregnancy and postpartum with and without major depression – Psychiatry Research
Co-author Denada Hoxha, Ph.D.

October 2012
Psychosocial Issues in Hereditary Cancer Screening
2012 Chicago Breast Symposium
Featured Speaker Michelle S. Wasserman, PhD

January 2011
This American Life – NPR
Featuring Nehama Dresner, MD

February 2010
The Modern Children of Sarah and Abraham
By Angel La Liberte, featuring Jennifer Levy of Wellsprings Health Associates
(Founder of achildafter40.com, a website celebrating the Truth About Motherhood After 40)

Blog article from Flower Power Mom—The Truth About Motherhood After 40. It was my first inkling that midlife motherhood was no longer the exception. In fact, it was fast becoming a ‘movement’ not unlike a benevolent, maternal incarnation of the Borg, as the healthcare professionals who treated us, were being assimilated into our growing demographic.

August 2009
The Psychosocial Impact of Screening for Hereditary Cancers
By Michelle S. Wasserman, PhD

Read Dr. Wasserman’s article on the the ways in which screening for hereditary cancer (e.g., BRCA1/2) impacts individuals and families in innumerable ways.