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Is Discovery Health Increasing the Stigma of Mental Illness?
posted 03/05/2010

If you watch cable, it may have been hard to miss that this week was Discovery Health channel's "Baby Week".  Like "Shark Week" on Discovery proper or "Croc Week" on Animal Planet, these programming spectacles are highly promoted and attract advertisers and eyeballs alike.  As the writer of a blog on postpartum depression, my antennae went up when I heard one of the "Baby Week" specials would focus on postpartum depression.  I knew a lot of moms would be watching, and wanted to make sure I tuned in to

Last Week's Media Headlines Reported Antidepressants No More Effective Than Placebo. Were They Right?
posted 01/11/2010

Last week yet another research study was released on the effectiveness of antidepressants.  The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that Paxil and Tofranil were about as effective as placebo for those people who have mild to moderate depression. 

Did Research Find Taking Antidepressants In Pregnancy Really Causes 500% Increase In Heart Defects?
posted 10/09/2009

Terrifying headlines loomed last week about pregnancy and antidepressants. Did you see them?

Antidepressants Linked to Heart Defects in Newborns - Yahoo! Health

Taking Antidepressants in Early Pregnancy Linked to Child Heart Defects - Medical News Today

Awards and Updates

Postpartum Progress Named One of Top Ten Depression Blogs on the Web by Psych Central - awarded by Psych Central

Psych Central, the internet's largest and oldest independent mental health network, has just announced its 2008 Top Ten Depression Blogs. Postpartum Progress is among them, as it was in 2007.

Here's what Sandra Kiume wrote about Postpartum Progress:

Katherine Stone writes a peer-to-peer blog that covers all aspects of postpartum depression and anxiety, postpartum psychosis, and other mental health concerns connected to childbirth. Newly released research, media coverage of PPD, and her own exploits in advocacy are frequent topics. On our top ten list last year, this year she was also named one of WebMD's 2008 Health Heroes and a top mental health blog by Blogs.com. She maintains many links to professional resources, blogs and research links, as well as her Surviving and Thriving Moms group.

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Is Discovery Health Increasing the Stigma of Mental Illness?
If you watch cable, it may have been hard to miss that this week was Discovery Health channel's ... more »
posted 03/05/10
Last Week's Media Headlines Reported Antidepressants No More Effective Than Placebo. Were They Right?
Last week yet another research study was released on the effectiveness of antidepressants. ... more »
posted 01/11/10
Did Research Find Taking Antidepressants In Pregnancy Really Causes 500% Increase In Heart Defects?
Terrifying headlines loomed last week about pregnancy and antidepressants. Did you see them... more »
posted 10/09/09

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I was just discussing this
Posted by katstone | Tuesday, 2010-03-09, 13:38
I was just discussing this yesterday with some health writers I highly respect (whose...