Where Can I Go for More Information About PPD?

If you are concerned that you or someone you know may have postpartum depression, talk to your family doctor or another health care provider. If you live in the Toronto area, your provider may choose to refer you to one of the mental health services in the Toronto area that specifically offer care to women with postpartum depression, including the Reproductive Life Stages Program at Women's College Hospital, the hospitals of the University Health Network, Mt. Sinai Hospital, and St. Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton.

For other online information about postpartum depression, visit:

Women's Health Matters
http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/centres/pregnancy/
newborn/emotional_health.html

Canadian Mental Health Association
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=3-86-87-88&lang=1

Depression After Delivery of Washington
http://www.ppmdsupport.com

Women's Health Concerns Clinic, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
http://www.stjosham.on.ca/whcc/perinatal.htm

Mood Disorders Society of Canada
http://www.mooddisorderscanada.ca/depression/ppd.htm

British Columbia Reproductive Mental Health Program
http://www.bcrmh.com/disorders/postpartum.htm

Postpartum Support International (PSI)
http://www.postpartum.net

Online PPD Support Group
http://www.ppdsupportpage.com/

Our Sister's Place
http://www.oursistersplace.ca/ppd.html

For further reading on postpartum depression:

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO). Interventions for Postpartum Depression.

Postpartum depression: A guide for front-line health and social service providers. By Lori E. Ross, PhD, Cindy-Lee Dennis, PhD, Emma Robertson-Blackmore, PhD, and Donna E. Stewart, MD. Toronto: Centre for Addiction & Mental Health. For information: email Marketing@camh.net or call 1-800-661-1111.

References

American Psychiatric Association (1994) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association.

Beck C (2002) Postpartum depression: A metasynthesis. Qualitative Health Research, 12(4): 453-472.

Bennett H, Einarson A, Taddio A, Koren G, Einarson T. (2004) Depression During Pregnancy. Clinical Drug Investigations, 24(3): 157-179.

Bennett H, Einarson A, Taddio A, Koren G, Einarson T. (2004) Prevalence of Depression During Pregnancy: A Systemic Review. Obstet Gynecol, 103: 698-709.

Bloch M, Schmidt PJ, Danaceau M, Murphy J, Nieman L, Rubinow DR (2000) Effects of gonadal steroids in women with a history of postpartum depression. American Journal of Psychiatry, 157(6): 924-930.

Cox JL, Holden JM, Sagovsky R (1987) Detection of postnatal depression: Development of the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. British Journal of Psychiatry, 150: 782-786.

Dennis CL (2004) Treatment of postpartum depression, part 2: A critical review of nonbiological interventions. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 65: 1252-1265.

Dennis CL, Stewart DE (2004) Treatment of postpartum depression, part 1: A critical review of biological interventions. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 65: 1242-1251.

Robertson E, Grace S, Wallington T, Stewart DE (2004) Antenatal risk factors for postpartum depression: A synthesis of recent literature. General Hospital Psychiatry, 26: 289-295.

Ross LE, Dennis C-L, Robertson-Blackmore E, Stewart DE (2005) Postpartum depression: A guide for front-line health and social service providers. Toronto: Centre for Addiction & Mental Health.

Ross LE, Sellers EM, Gilbert Evans SE, Romach MK (2004) Mood changes during pregnancy and the postpartum period: development of a biopsychosocial model. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 109:457-466.

Ross LE, Gilbert Evans S, Sellers EM, Romach MK (2003) Measurement issues in postpartum depression part 2: Assessment of somatic symptoms using the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 6(1): 59-64.

Article composed by Lori E. Ross, PhD.

Dr. Lori Ross is Academic co-Leader at the Reproductive Life Stages Program of Women's College Hospital and a WCRI faculty member. She is also a Research Scientist in the Women's Mental Health & Addiction Research Section at the Centre for Addiction & Mental Health, Toronto, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, McMaster University. Her current research focuses on mental health issues in women across the lifespan, and in particular, mental health during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

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