Postpartum Psychosis: What Every Family Should Know, and How to Help a Loved One The ongoing Lindsay Clancy trial has brought a condition many families may never have heard of into national conversation: postpartum psychosis. It is important that we discuss it carefully. Postpartum psychosis is not synonymous with postpartum depression. It is not the […]
The Fourth Trimester Should Not Be an Afterthought: When Our Health System Fails Mothers
The ongoing trial of Lindsay Clancy has placed maternal mental health, postpartum psychosis, clinical decision-making, and the criminal justice system into the national spotlight. It is an extraordinarily triggering and difficult case involving the deaths of three children, and the courts must determine the questions of criminal responsibility before them. But there is another conversation […]
Four Reasons Why We Have Faith Leaders at the Health Equity Table
Why Faith Leaders Matter Faith leaders have a strong voice to promote health equity and are greatly trusted by their communities. Beliefs are formed, and decisions are influenced by the pastor, imam, and traditional leaders. Health is the topic people listen to when it comes to life. They are important because they: Establish trust in […]
Youth Mental Health Is a Global Public Health Priority
Young people today are carrying more than any generation before them: academic pressure, social media, economic uncertainty, and, for many boys and young men of color, the added weight of racial trauma and a world that rarely asks how they’re doing. This is not a personal problem. It is a public health crisis. Globally, depression […]