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

Here to Help
Interactive toolkits, self-screening tests, learning modules, patient education in multiple foreign languages

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 resources for dads
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