Mental Health Resources
General Mental Health
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American Psychiatric Association
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
Perinatal Mental Health
Including prenatal and postpartum anxiety, psychosis, mood disorders, and depression
- Center for Mood Disorders at the University of North Carolina
- Depression During and After Pregnancy: A Resource for Women, Their Families, and Friends
www.mchb.hrsa.gov/pregnancyandbeyond/depression/ - e-Medicine Health
www.emedicinehealth.com/postpartum_depression/page15_em.htm - Los Angeles County Mental Health Community Connection
http://dmh.lacounty.info/ - Los Angeles County Perinatal Mental Health Task Force
- MacArthur Initiative on Depression and Primary Care
www.depression-primarycare.org - “Managing Psychosis in Pregnancy”
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov - Maternal Mental Health NOW
www.maternalmentalhealthnow.org - MedEd PPD
www.MedEdPPD.org - MedlinePlus – Postpartum Depression
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/postpartumdepression.html - Motherisk Program
www.motherisk.org - National Mental Health Association
www.nmha.org - Partners in Care: An Integrated approach to improving care for depression in primary care
www.rand.org/health/projects/pic/ - Perinatal Foundation
www.perinatalweb.org - Postpartum Dads
www.postpartumdads.org - Postpartum Fathers and Couples
www.postpartumcouples.com - Postpartum Progress
- Postpartum Support International
www.postpartum.net - Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS): PRAMS and Postpartum Depression
www.cdc.gov/PRAMS/PDFs/PRAMS PPD Factsheet_Final.pdf - “Psychosocial correlates of depression symptoms during the third trimester of pregnancy”
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Postpartum Depression (English) and (Spanish)
- Women's Mental Health
Substance Abuse, Addiction
- Addiction Center: Pregnant Women and Alcohol
- AddictionResource.com
- AlcoRehab.org
- Recovery Village: Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse and Drug Addiction Treatment and Rehab
- StartYourRecovery.org
Maternal Stress
“Depression and Anxiety During Pregnancy: A Risk Factor for Obstetric, Fetal and Neonatal Outcome? A Critical Review of the Literature”
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
“Predicting Postpartum Depressive Symptoms in New Mothers: The Role of Optimism and Stress Frequency During Pregnancy”
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
“Early Childhood Origins of the Income/Health Gradient: The Role of Maternal Health Behaviors”
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
"Management of Major Depression During Pregnancy"
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org
Books on Perinatal Mental Health
Many books can be ordered through the PSI website www.postpartum.net using Amazon.com. Many of these books are sold below list price, and a portion of those proceeds are donated to the upkeep of the PSI website. Visit the PSI website, choose to visit the PSI Postpartum Bookstore & Video Center and double click on the title of the book that you wish to buy.
- A Daughter’s Touch: A Journey of a Mother Trying to Come to Terms with Postpartum Depression 2005 by Sylvia Lasalandra. Quatto M Publishing.
- A Deeper Shade of Blue 2006 by Ruta Nonacs. Simon and Schuster.
- A Mother’s Tears: Understanding the Mood Swings that Follow Childbirth (1998) by Arlene Huysman, PhD. Appropriate for professionals. Call Publisher 7 Stories Press at: 1-800-596-7437.
- A Mouthful of Air (2004) by Amy Koppelman. Published by MacAdam/Cage Publishing. $12.50 US.
- Behind the Smile: My Journey out of Postpartum Depression (2002) by Marie Osmond. Published by Warner Books.
- Beyond The Blues, A Guide to Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression (2003) by Shoshana Bennett, PhD and Pec Indman, EdD. Moodswings Press, 1050 Windsor St., San Jose, CA 95129, 408-252-5552, or toll free 888-HUG-MOMS. www.beyondtheblues.com. Bulk rates available.
- Composing Myself: A Journey Through Postpartum Depression (1998) by Fiona Shaw. Published by Steerforth Press, P.O. Box 70, South Royalton, VT, 05068. Hardback: (25% off & free shipping for PSI members only).
- Conquering Postpartum Depression, a proven plan for recovery (2003) by Ronald Rosenberg, MD. Published by De Capo Press.
- Depression in Mothers: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment Alternatives (2005), Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC, Published by Hayworth Maltreatment and Trauma Press, Binghampton, NY.
- Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression (2005) by Brooke Shields. Published by Hyperion.
- Evaluation and Treatment of Postpartum Emotional Disorders (1997) by Ann Dunnewold, PhD. ISBN: 1-56887-024-8. Published by Professional Resources Press, Box 15560, Sarasota, FL, 34277-1560. To order call: 1-800-443-3364, fax: 941-343-9201, e-mail: orders@prpress.com, or visit: www.prpress.com.
- Hillbilly Gothic: A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood 2006 by Adrienne Matrini. Free Press.
- Inconsolable: How I Threw My Mental Health Out with the Diapers (2005) by Marrit Ingman. Seal Press.
- Infanticide: Psychosocial and Legal Perspectives on Mothers Who Kill (2002) by Margaret Spinelli. Published by American Psychiatric Publishing.
- Laughter and Tears: The Emotional Life of New Mothers 1997 by Elisabeth Bing and Libby Coleman.
- Mommies Cry Too: A Painful and Triumphant Story of Postpartum Depression 2006 by Carol S. Harcarik. Hartington Press.
- Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum (2005), edited by Lee S. Cohen, M.D. and Ruta M. Nonacs, M.D., Ph.D., published by American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., Washington, DC.
- Overcoming Postpartum Depression & Anxiety (1998) by Linda Sebastian. Published by Addicus Books. To order call: 1-800-352-2873.
- Parallel Play 2007 by Thomas Rayfiel. Random House Trade Paperbacks.
- Perinatal Psychiatry: Use and Misuse of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (1994) by John Cox, M.D., and Jeni Holden. To order call: 1-800-368-5777 or fax: 202-798-2648. Order #DLBB8631. American Psychiatric Publishing Group, 1400 K. Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20005, USA.
- Postpartum Depression and Anxiety: A Self-Help Guide for New Mothers by Pacific Postpartum Support Society. $10.00 + $2.00 shipping. To order call: 604-255-7999 or write: #104-1416 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC, V5L 3X9, Canada. English & French
- Postpartum Depression and Child Development (1997) edited by Lynne Murray and Peter Cooper. 322 pages. Guilford Publications, Dept. 5R, 72 Spring St., New York, NY 10012, USA. To order call: 1-800-365-7006 or email: info@guilford.com.
- Postpartum Depression for Dummies 2007 by Shoshana Bennett (Author), Mary Jo Cody (Foreward). For Dummies.
- Postpartum Depression: Every Woman’s Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention (1997) by Sharon Roan.
- Postpartum Husband: Practical Solutions for Living with Postpartum Depression (2001) by Karen Kleiman. Published by Xlibris Corporation.
- Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders: A Clinician’s Guide (2006), Cheryl T. Beck, and Jeanne Watson Driscoll, Published by Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sadbury, MA.
- Postpartum Mood Disorders (1999) edited by Laura Miller, M.D. 280 pages. Published by American Psychiatric Publishing Group, 1400 K. Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20005, USA. To order call 1-800-368-5777, fax: 202-789-2648, e-mail: order@appi.org, or visit: www.appi.org.
- Postpartum Survival Guide (1994) by Ann Dunnewold, Ph.D and Diane Sanford, Ph.D. Published by New Harbinger Publications (out of print)
- Practitioners (2005), by Jeannette Milgrom, et al, Published by John Wiley & Sons, LTD.
- Pregnancy (2005), Shaila Misri, M.D., FRCPC, Published by Bantam Dell, New York, NY.
- Pregnancy Blues: What Every Woman Needs to Know About Depression During Rock-A-By Baby Feminism, Self-Help and Postpartum Depression (1996) by Verta Taylor, Ph.D., Published by Routledge.
- Shouldn’t I Be Happy: Emotional Problems of Pregnant and Postpartum Women (1995) by Shaila Misri, M.D. Published by Simon and Schuster.
- The Cradle Will Fall 1996 by Carl Burak and Michele Remington.
- The Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising Children, and Struggling with Depression (2006) by Tracy Thompson. Harper Collins.
- The Journey to Parenthood: Myths, Reality, and What Really Matters 2007 by Diana Lynn Barnes and Leigh Balber. Radcliffe Publishing.
- The Lifter of My Head: How God Sustained Me During Postpartum Depression 2007 by Susan McRoberts. Tate Publishing and Enterprizes.
- The Mother-to-Mother Postpartum Depression Support Book (2006) by Sandra Poulin. Published by Berkley Trade.
- The New Mother Syndrome: Coping with Postpartum Stress and Depression (1985) by Carol Dix. Published by Doubleday. (out of print)
- The Post-Adoption Blues: Overcoming the Unforeseen Challenges of Adoption 2004 by Karen J. Foli and John R. Thompson.
- This Isn’t What I Expected (1994) by Karen Kleiman, M.S.W., and, Varlerie Raskin, M.D. Published by Bantam Books
- Treating Postnatal Depression: A Psychological Approach for Health Care
- What Am I Thinking?: Having a Baby After Postpartum Depression, Karen Kleiman, MSW (2005)
- When Words Are Not Enough: The Women’s Prescription for Depression and Anxiety (1997) by Valerie Raskin, M.D. Published by Broadway Books
- Why I Jumped: My True Story of Postpartum Depression, Dramatic Rescue & Return To Hope 2006 by Tina Zahn. Revell.
- Wiped!: Life with a Pint Size Dictator 2007 by Rebecca Eckler. Villard.
- Women's Moods: What Every Woman Must Know About Hormones, the Brain, and Emotional Health (2000) by Deborah Sichel and Jeanne Driscoll. Published by Harper.