Being depressed or anxious during pregnancy isn’t a new phenomenon. In fact, research is showing that depression and anxiety are more common during pregn...
Depression and Anxiety More Common in Pregnancy
For many pregnant women and their partners, a discussion about emotional health quickly turns to postpartum depression. It’s the thing that every couple...
Practical Ways to Beat the Baby Blues
Sometimes it takes a celebrity in the news struggling with a health issue to give you the courage to overcome your own barriers to getting the help you nee...
The Write Prescription for Depression and Anxiety
Who as a disgruntled teenager hasn’t written a poem or two to vent about cruel classmates, unyielding parents or a broken heart? While this may seem clic...
…..So That All Pregnant Women Can Get the Mental Healthcare They Need
This is a very different blog. A few weeks ago, I was named the Lois Hole Hospital for Women Cross-Provincial Chair in Perinatal Mental Health. This is a ...
Suicide in Pregnant Women and New Mothers
Last year, one of the most prominent medical journals, The Lancet, led with an editorial that made a bold assertion, “There is no time in the lifespan t...
Postpartum Depression: Too Little, Too Late
For many pregnant women, thoughts of postpartum depression raise feelings of fear, dread, and loss of control. Many feel that there is little that they can...
Do Antidepressants Cause Autism?
This week, the media has been astir with news of findings from a new study released in JAMA Pediatrics that reported an increase in the risk of autism spec...