Casting Light on America’s Maternal Mental Health CrisisMental Health - WomenBy Promises AustinJune 2, 2017Every year some 4 million women give birth in the United States, and as many as 20% will suffer from some type of maternal mental health disorder during the postpartum period. The American Academy of Pediatricians refers to postpartum depression as “the most common but most underdiagnosed obstetrical complication in the country.” Only 15% of…
In the Danger Zone: Combining Medications for Insomnia, Anxiety & DepressionAnxietyBy Promises AustinJune 2, 2017“I can’t sleep. I might have to take a couple of Ambien to go to sleep,” actor Heath Ledger told his sister on the phone the night before he died. She knew he had received prescriptions for co-occurring anxiety, depression and insomnia, and warned him not to mix his medications — she understood the dangers.…
