Perinatal Mental Health Resources
PSI telephone support line: 800-944-4773
Online:
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www.postpartum.net (Postpartum Support International)
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www.janehonikman.com (founder of Postpartum Support International
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www.ppdsupportpage.com (online support group for PPD)
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https://mothertobaby.org/ (medications in pregnancy and breastfeeding)
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www.breastfeedingmadesimple.com (general breastfeeding info)
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www.solaceformothers.org (healing after traumatic childbirth)
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www.pattch.org (organization dedicated to the prevention and treatment of traumatic childbirth)
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www.app-network.org (info on postpartum psychosis)
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www.postpartumdads.org (for Dads)
General Maternal and Women's Health:
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www.womensmentalhealth.org (info on studies in pregnancy, postpartum, breastfeeding, including medications)
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www.betterbeginnings.org (Maternal health and child development)
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https://www.littleones.co/ (gentle sleep training programs)
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Women’s Moods: What Every Woman Must Know About Hormones, the Brain, and Emotional Health, by D. Sichel MD and Jean E Watson Driscoll MS, RN, CS
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Real Food for Pregnancy, by Lily Nichols RDN,CDE
Books on Postpartum Depression, Anxiety, and Psychosis:
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This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression,by Karen Kleinman MSW and Valerie Raskin MD
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Postpartum Depression for Dummies, by Shoshana S. Bennett, PhD
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Down Came the Rain, by Brooke Shields (PPD)
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Nobody Told Me, by Wendy Isnardi (PPD and OCD)
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The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook: Practical Skills to Help
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You Overcome Anxiety, Worry, Panic Attacks, Obsessions, and Compulsions, by Pamela Wiegartyz
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Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts, by Karen Kleinman (OCD)
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Understanding Postpartum Psychosis, by Teresa Twomey, JD (by an attorney and survivor of PPP)
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What am I Thinking: Having a Baby After Postpartum Depression, by Karen Kleinman