Postpartum Depression and Anxiety Disorders
Suggested Resources for Postpartum Depression
The National Hopeline work
1-800-SUICIDE
Suicide hotline.
Postpartum Stress Center
Both self-screening tools and tools for provider use
Postpartum Support International (PSI) (www.postpartum.net)
Postpartum Depression Helpline 1-800-944-4PPD
Links for self-screening, web forums,
support groups by state, information for
dads/families. “Wednesday Weekly
Chat with an Expert”
Postpartum Progress
Most widely read blog on PPD, written
by Katherine Stone, a survivor, advocate, and board member of Postpartum Support International.
American Academy of Family Physicians
Depression Self-Care Action Plan
Jane Honikman
Founder of Postpartum Support
International;
Resources for self-care
Mass General Center for Women’s Mental Health
Resources for clinicians and mothers;latest research on PPD, medications,etc.
Online PPD Support
Resources and support; “PP Contract”,“Crisis Plan”, “Post-Crisis Worksheet”
Postpartum Dads
Excellent support dahttps://www.beasuperdad.comds and families.
Recommended Reading:
Beyond the Blues by Shoshana S. Bennett PhD
Postpartum Survival Guide by Ann Dunnewold and Diane G. Sanford
What Am I Thinking: Having a Baby After Postpartum Depression
by Karen Kleiman
A Daughter’s Touch by Sylvia Lasalandra
The Mother-to-Mother Postpartum Depression Support Book by Sandra Poulin
Down Came the Rain by Brooke Shields
Women’s Moods: What Every Woman Must Know About Hormones, the Brain, and Emotional Health
by Deborah Sichel, Jeanne Watson Driscoll
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