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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
7 hours ago

Readers respond to the December 2025 issue

A reader shares her postpartum depression survival story, crediting specialized perinatal psychiatry care and peer support groups with saving her life, while expressing gratitude for ongoing research into better treatments.
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Will 'Psychiatry's Bible' add a postpartum psychosis diagnosis?

Postpartum psychosis often strikes women with no history of mental illness, who in the weeks after giving birth are seized by paranoia or delusions. Emily Sliwinski got home from the hospital after giving birth to her first child three years ago, and almost immediately began spiraling. Her thoughts raced; she was unable to sleep; she began hallucinating that her dog was speaking to her. She became obsessed with solving the national shortage of infant formula, covering a corkboard with notes and ideas.
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