PBS
The health care challenges pregnant women of color face in rural areas
A CDC report shows maternal deaths nearly doubled over three years, with over 1,200 deaths in 2021. Rural communities, where maternal mortality is almost double urban rates, struggle to access lifesaving maternal healthcare. With support...
SciShow
Being a New Parent is Hard | Compilation
From the baby blues to helping your toddler through a temper tantrum, many things can make being a new parent a hard time for you and your child, but a bit of science can help us navigate this period of life.
SciShow
Heads-Up Depression Isn’t the Only Postpartum Disorder
Having a kid does some weird things to the brain, and that can lead to or aggravate all kinds of psychiatric conditions.
SciShow
Why Having a Baby Can Cause Depression in Both Parents
Having a baby is almost always stressful, but it can sometimes be worse than that, and postpartum depression doesn’t just affect mothers.
TED Talks
TED: A new way to think about the transition to motherhood | Alexandra Sacks
When a baby is born, so is a mother -- but the natural (and sometimes unsteady) process of transition to motherhood is often silenced by shame or misdiagnosed as postpartum depression. In this quick, informative talk, reproductive...
Curated Video
Postpartum Depression - What it Really Looks Like
What Postpartum Depression Really Looks Like. This is part one of a series I’m doing on women’s mental health topics. This video is based on a viewer question from Dr. Mohammed El Sherif who is a obstetrician gynecologist with his own...
Curated Video
Postpartum Depression Treatment – The Medication Options
This is part two of a series on women's mental health. The first video was on postpartum depression, what it looks like and how it harms your baby. This video is on how we treat postpartum depression. This would be depression that occurs...
Healthcare Triage
There's a New Drug for Postpartum Depression and it is EXPENSIVE
Postpartum depression is depressingly common, and it has lots of terrible consequences for moms, for kids, and for families. A new drug is about to hit the market, but it's not a great fit for everyone, and it is PRICEY.
Curated Video
Maternal Health Advocates Welcome Virtual Care
The Public Health Emergency has led to a massive, but temporary, expansion in telehealth care - something OBGYNs are welcoming.
Bloomberg
Sage CEO Planning to Launch New Postpartum Drug in 2019
Jan.07 -- Sage Therapeutics Chief Executive Officer Jeff Jonas discusses the biotechnology company’s experimental antidepressant drug with Bloomberg's Taylor Riggs on "Bloomberg Markets: European Close."
Curated Video
Brooke Shields on postpartum depression
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Brooke Shields on postpartum depression
CAPTION: Brooke Shields speaks at a press conference in Washington, D.C., on behalf of The Mothers Act, which would start a new federal investment in postpartum depression...
PBS
Pbs: This Emotional Life: Depression
A resource on depression. Explains what it is, the physical symptoms, misconceptions about it, whom it affects, types of depression, treatment options, and how to help someone who is depressed.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mental Disorders Mood Disorders Causes of Depression
This lesson will identify, describe and differentiate the primary symptom(s) for situational depressive disorders.
Crash Course
Crash Course Literature #407: The Yellow Wallpaper
In this episode, John Green talks about "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. "The Yellow Wallpaper" tells the story of a woman who is a prisoner in her own home, in the name of caring for her mental health. The narrator...