Reading Time: 4 minutes Postpartum OCD is frequently misdiagnosed and misunderstood – but it is treatable, help is available
Tag: Women’s Health
The sad reality of teen mothers who give birth in care
Reading Time: 3 minutes A much greater emphasis needs to be put on dual placements – whenever possible, mothers and children should be placed together
Pro-life, pro-choice? Prove it
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s time for advocates on both sides of the abortion divide to be true to their preferred monikers
New breast screening guidelines fail Canadian women
Reading Time: 4 minutes Outdated material used by the task force could result in the deaths of far too many women. A new set of guidelines must be drawn up
Advice for pregnant women with psychiatric illnesses
Reading Time: 3 minutes There is a very real risk of serious relapse or recurrence of dangerous psychiatric symptoms if medication use is stopped
Postpartum illness is often more than baby blues
Reading Time: 3 minutes It is vitally important for women experiencing postpartum illness to seek help, not only for themselves but to help to keep children safe
Irritable bowel syndrome connected to your emotional state
Reading Time: 3 minutes People with IBS tend to be more prone than the general population to psychological symptoms including anxiety or depression
The waiting is the hardest part, for the hopeful and the pregnant
Reading Time: 3 minutes If abortion is such a hard decision, as even advocates maintain, why aren’t women allowed the time to make it?
Putting a stop to health care that lacks value
Reading Time: 3 minutes Choosing Wisely is helping obstetricians and gynecologists target reductions in unnecessary care that may harm patients and cost the Canadian health system
Defusing the ticking time bomb of postpartum depression
Reading Time: 4 minutes The biggest predictors of postpartum depression are prenatal depression and a history of depression before conception