Call it whatever you want: the Mommy wars, Mean Girls growing up, cat (or Tiger!) fighting: American culture seems to delight in watching mothers tear each other down.
Don't sit back and suffer thinking you are wrong in the way you feel.
People have different definitions for "recovery." Mine is doing what it takes to reduce one's worst symptoms and learn to manage the stubbornly-irritating ones that remain.
As a psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of women during pregnancy, I am regularly consulted by pregnant women, their families and their obstetricians about whether or not to use medication to treat a clinical depression during pregnancy.
While the particulars were different, one thread was the same: each of these women, who were quickly labeled "bad mothers," turned out instead to be reminders of the burdens and obstacles faced by so many mothers.
I've noticed more moms making appointments with me because they feel their lives are out of control -- they feel burned out. If you don't take care of yourself, it's even more of a challenge to take care of anyone else.
Ellie Zuehlke and her husband had expected the birth of their long-awaited first child to be one of the happiest moments of their lives -- until, somehow, it wasn't. Instead, Ellie experienced severe postpartum depression.
According to a recent study new moms sleep patterns mimic those who suffer from sleep disorders like sleep apnea. They get enough hours asleep, but not enough hours in restorative sleep.
About a month ago, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study investigating the incidence of paternal postpartum depression. Al...
Research reveals that perinatal and postpartum mood disorders are often linked to striving for perfection. Here are some psychological meditations for cultivating a conscious pregnancy.
"Man up!" This is the essence of the backlash I got for revealing the suffocating depression I experienced when my first son was born in 1999. I wrot...
On this Mother's Day we should recognize our obligation to raise awareness, establish support services, and do the research necessary to provide a ray of sunshine to new mothers affected by postpartum depression.
But mindfulness is more than just a skill, it is also an approach to life, an approach to parenting, that is already something you know how to do.
Do you remember what you were told being a new parent would be like? Your childless friends and family said having a baby would be endlessly blissful...
Perinatal mood disorders have been called the most common complication associated with childbirth. Mood struggles during the postpartum period run ra...
I see postpartum depression (PPD) a lot in the families who come to me with sleep issues. Exhaustion is a risk factor for depression. And depression makes it harder to sleep coach successfully.
I think Mayor Michael Bloomberg is right. At least in spirit....
