ReadWriteWeb reports Stony Brook University researchers discovered too much exposure to "texting, instant messaging, and social networking" can make teenage girls more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression. This landmark discovery sampled a whopping 83 teenage girls. The results......

One thing that really bothers me is when people use the term "postpartum depression" to refer to the deep disappointment some people experience after a big event is over.  As an example, this bit from CNN.com this week: "After two intense years of campaign ups and downs for both ...

I can't tell you how many women I've spoken to lately who are worried and upset by the setbacks they experience while recovering from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.  They have a string of good days and think they're finally getting better, and then they have a terrible day and feel that ...

Send your letters:  http://capwiz.com/ndmda/issues/alert/?alertid=11668371 Let those Senators know how you feel! Here's a message from Susan Stone, past president of PSI on this weekend's potential work in the Senate: Today, America's mothers, infants and families have reason to be encouraged a...

I'm switching it up on you a little bit.  We're renaming ourselves from Warrior Chicks to Warrior Moms.  Not that I don't like being a chick, cause I do.  But apparently a California pastor named Holly Wagner is already using that phrase and has written a book called "Warrior Chi...

The next 2-day PSI certification training is being held September 18 and 19 at Advocate Christ Medical Center Auditorium in Oak Lawn, Illinois.  It is being presented by Advocate Christ Medical Center, the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center and the University of Illinois Perinatal...

We are going to have a religious discussion now, so everyone get ready.  If you don't think you can be ready, don't read any further.  And before I start I want you to BE VERY CLEAR that I welcome and embrace anyone and everyone who comes to this site, regardless of your ideology.  I ...

Any mom who has ever gone through a postpartum mood disorder knows this:  We worry that every little quirk or problem our child suffers from that point forward is our fault, caused by our illness.  I'm reminded of that during my trip here to Houston.  My baby boy, who had to live with...

It's Thursday night at 10pm and I'm sitting in a hotel room in Houston.  I'm here attending the Postpartum Support International annual conference.  I got here Tuesday and have spent the last two days attending official PSI certification training.  I highly recommend it.  Tomorro...

How many women feel like this mom, who writes about her uncertainty as to whether she's suffering from postpartum depression and the guilt she feels for even being sad when she is so blessed?    "Even hearing the words 'postpartum depression' pisses me off. What's there to be depresse...