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Expecting or New mother - Resources
What is a Postpartum
Mood Disorder (PPMD)?
Could
I have PPMD?
Common feelings
and fears of women with PPMD
PPMD
Stories - New!
What
you can do to feel better
Resources
 Books
Web
links
Resources
Books
When Baby Brings the Blues: Solutions for Postpartum Depression by Ariel Dalfen and the publisher for the book is Wiley.
The Smiling Mask : Truths about Postpartum Depression and Parenthood” by O’Reilly, Paterson, Bird and Collins
Inconsolable:
How I Threw My Mental Health Out With The Diapers by Marrit
Ingman. Seal press, 2005
Down Came
the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression by Brooke
Shields. 2005
Conquering
Postpartum Depression: A Proven Plan for Recovery by Ronald
Rosenberg, Deborah Greening, James Windell, Perseus Publishing,
2003
Beyond the
Blues: Prenatal & Postpartum Depression: a Treatment
Manual by Shoshana S. Bennett, Pec Indman. Moodswings Press,
2002
Women's
Moods: What Every Woman Must Know About Hormones, the Brain,
and Emotional Health by Deborah Sichel, M.D. and Jeanne
Watson Driscoll, M.S., R.N., C.S. (Quill), 2000
Help, Comfort
& Hope after Losing Your Baby in Pregnancy or the First
Year, by Hannah Lothrop. Perseus Publishing, 1997
Shouldn't
I Be Happy: Emotional Problems of Pregnant and Postpartum
Women, by Shaila Misri. The Free Press, 1995
This Isn't
What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression, by Karen
Kleiman and Valerie D. Raskin. Bantam, 1994
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Web links
Our Sisters’ Place www.oursitersplace.ca offers support to women as part of the Mood Disorders Association Ontario. It is a provincial organization that provides peer support, public education and professional resources on the topic of mood disorders associated with hormonal change. The website offers an online postpartum depression support group.
Mental
Health Services Information Ontario gives you mental
health services including counseling in your area at http://www.mhsio.on.ca/PPMD
Motherisk
is a service that can give you information about the safety
or risk of drugs during pregnancy and lactation. You can contact
them at http://www.motherisk.org
Pacific
Postpartum Support Society. A website for mothers
experiencing post partum related mood disorders. The site
offers information and suggestions for assistance.
http://www.postpartum.org
Postpartum
Support International. A website for mothers and fathers
experiencing post partum related mood disorders. The site
offers information and suggestions for assistance.
http://www.postpartum.net
Online
PPD Support Group
http://www.ppdsupportpage.com
The
Postpartum Stress Center. The Postpartum Stress Center
is a US-based facility and website that offers structured
and self-help supports for women and their families living
with postpartum depression. http://www.postpartumstress.com
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