
Postpartum Anxiety Meditation
Postpartum Meditation to Decrease Anxiety
By Robin Muskal
May 15, 2017
for the PSI Blog
Here is a guided meditation that will help you decrease your feelings of anxiety and overwhelm. This meditation is not a substitute for medical intervention.…

Pact for the Cure PPD-ACT
by Carly Snyder, MD
PPD ACT™ , the largest research study on PPD and other perinatal mood disorders, aims to understand why some women get postpartum depression (PPD) and others do not. If you stand in a room filled with 100 mothers,…

International Father’s Mental Health Day
While considerable media and popular attention is devoted to maternal mental health issues, there has been less focus on the experiences of dads.
International Fathers’ Mental Health Day (IFMHD) is an annual global event first launched…

Pact for the Cure
Pact for the Cure -- PPD ACT
by Carly Snyder, MD
for PSI Blog
May 8, 2017
PPD ACT™ , the largest research study on PPD and other perinatal mood disorders, aims to understand why some women get postpartum depression (PPD) and others…

World MMH Day
It’s World Maternal Mental Health Day
by Andrea Bates
for the PSI Blog
May 3, 2017
Can you imagine it? Voices all over the world coming together to support women who are struggling. To help raise awareness across the globe for women everywhere…

Every Single Person — Thoughts for Maternal Mental Health Day
Every Single Person -- Thoughts for Maternal Mental Health Awareness
by Katayune Kaeni, Psy.D.
PSI Blog - May 1, 2017
Here’s a little thought experiment…. Think for a moment about a woman you really care about. It can be your mother,…

Postpartum Anxiety – Holistic Healing
Postpartum Anxiety - Holistic Healing
By Pam Marmon
PSI Blog - April 26, 2017
The overwhelming smell of antiseptics choked the air as I waited for the doctor’s results in the emergency room. As nurses buzzed past my door, I found myself…

Climb Out of the Darkness 2017
COTD Announcement
Welcome to Climb Out of the Darkness 2017
PSI is excited to launch Climb Out of the Darkness 2017 and honored to continue this wonderful event. We have collaborated with many to plan and host a Climb that is built…

Letter from Ann Smith
Hello from Ann Smith, PSI President
May 14, 2017
It was a long busy winter at PSI. We are looking forward to Spring and Summer for lots of reasons, but let me talk about a few.
Our 30th annual (imagine that) conference takes place in…

We are with you
Motherhood does not care if a woman is Muslim or Christian, black or white, Republican or Democrat, gay or straight, rich or poor. Motherhood is a state of being that transcends all labels and creates a bond among women.
Postpartum…

Dark Side of the Full Moon
Movie about maternal mental health: Dark Side of the Full Moon
Blog post by Lisa Edwards
October 16, 2016
for Postpartum Support International
Do you remember getting that wonderful glucose test for gestational diabetes when you were pregnant?…

Don’t Wait
You don’t have to be in despair to get help
by Katayune Kaeni, Psy.D.
for the Postpartum Support International (PSI) Blog
October 10, 2016
Emotional distress and stress are on a spectrum, from very mild to very severe. We all run along…

Mom in Motion
Mom in Motion by Kat Kaeni
September 20, 2016
for the Postpartum Support International blog
I don’t know what kind of mother I am. I don’t fit a mold. I don’t fit an idea. I don’t fit a book, article, or status. The definitions of…

Eating Disorders in Pregnancy
Eating Disorders in Pregnancy
A Guest Post by Dr. Anna Glezer
for Postpartum Support International Blog
August 12, 2016
A woman can eat whatever she wants during pregnancy… right? That’s the expectation, anyway. But we often neglect…




