Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
November 05, 2012 | by: Pam Vireday
Continuing along in our occasional series on "Welcoming All Families" to our childbirth classes, this two part guest post is written by Pam Vireday, creator of the Well-Rounded Mama blog. Are your childbirth classes friendly to people of size? What special accomodations an
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October 04, 2012 | by: Kathy Morelli
Today, Kathy Morelli shares the second part of her series on EMDR, and exams clinical opinions on the safety of EMDR as a treatment modality. You can find part one of Kathy's post on EMDR here. - SMThere is a lack of specific empirical research to support the safety or lack of safe
October 02, 2012 | by: Kathy Morelli
Today's post, the first of two, is written by regular contributor, Kathy Morelli, and provides some insight into a mode of therapy, EMDR, that can help women deal with birth trauma . Are you a provider who is trained in EMDR? Or have experienced it yourself? Share your thought sin
September 28, 2012 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
By: Walker Karraa, MFA, MAToday's post is by regular S&S contributor Walker Karraa who shares a resource that is geared for both providers and expectant families alike, how fetal development is influenced by the environment that babies grow in utero. SMResearchers from the
August 16, 2012 | by: Penny Simkin, PT, CD(DONA), CCE
By Penny Simkin, PT, CCE, CD(DONA)In a two part series examining the recent research that stated that natural childbirth is a major cause of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, our guest bloggers, Penny Simkin and Dr. David White, look at how the media may be sensationalizing the to
July 31, 2012 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
This is part one of a two part series on the support needs of women who experience postpartum psychosis, and their partners and is written by regular contributor Walker Karraa. Part two will run next week. - SMSupport Needs of Mothers Who Experience Postpartum Psychosis and Their Partners (Dou
May 24, 2012 | by: Walker Karraa, PhD
This is a post by Science & Sensibilitys regular contributor, Walker Karraa, MFA, MA, CD(DONA) The recently published study, Reducing Postpartum Depressive Symptoms Among Black and Latina Mothers: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Howell et al., 2012) has garnered attention among birth and perinata
May 04, 2012 | by: Kathy Morelli
Childbirth Professionals: Positive Actions and Words that Heal As I write this, I wonder how the childbirth community feels about this issue? I would certainly understand if it brings up discomfort. I'd love to hear your point of view! You can help a lot by becoming educated about perinat
April 25, 2012 | by: Kathy Morelli
A guest post by Deborah Issokson, Psy.D.Childbearing is a vulnerable process.Regardless of our profession within the childbirth world, we are working to facilitate an experience that has a positive emotional outcome accompanied by a healthy psychological adjustment to motherhood. It is incumbent upo
April 20, 2012 | by: Kathy Morelli
Read Part One in this series . . . Risk Factors for Perinatal Mental Illness (saaay what - so many??)Etiology: Bio-psycho-social Current research does not give us a crystal clear cause for perinatal mood disorders. It seems that a convergence of biological, psychological and social (biopsychoso
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