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Welcome to Dr. Accortt's Maternal Mental Health Blog!

5/22/2017

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Thank you very much for visiting this website. Perinatal depression and anxiety have long been under-recognized and under-treated. Some national recommendations have come out recently to help change all of that!

​Read more HERE!
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    February 2023: Glamour Magazine: Postpartum Anxiety Is More Common Than You Think—Here’s What You Need to Know

    December 2022: Cedars-Sinai Newsroom:     Immune System Irregularities Found in Women With Postpartum Mood & Anxiety Disorders

    October 2022: Verywell Family, Researchers Find Possible Predictor of Postpartum Depression

    June 2022: ABC News, Postpartum Depression Screening, Changes to Nurse Training.

    August 2021:     AirTalk KPCC Radio,     The History of C-Sections, The Significance We Put on "Birth Stories" And How It Impacts Mental health
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    July 2021: AirTalk KPCC Radio, Why Women Have Long Kept Early Parts of Pregnancy a Secret and the Arguments For Moving Away From the 12-week rule
    (fast forward to 28 minute mark)

    July 2021: Los Angeles Times, Postpartum depression on the rise, especially for women of color, during COVID-19 pandemic

    October 2020: The Candidly, PMDD Affects Millions Of Women. So Why Aren’t We Talking About It?

    October 2020: Cedars-Sinai Discoveries Magazine, A Real-Life Stress Test

    September 2020: Cedars-Sinai Blog, Infertility and Mental Health

    July 2020: Cedars-Sinai Newsroom,     Reproductive Psychology Program Focuses on Mother and Family Wellness

    May 2020: ​Hawaii News Now, Sunrise, How to Prevent Anxiety & Depression Before and After Giving Birth

    April 2020: The Bump, How to Spot Postpartum Depression in Your Partner or Friend

    12/3/19: Quartz, Ten questions about mothers’ mental health could promote resilient pregnancies

    5/10/19: CGTN America, US comedian uses her act to turn the spotlight on postpartum depression

    5/1/19: KTLA News, How One Comedian’s Battle With Postpartum Depression Turned Laughs Into Legislation

    3/20/19: KFI News Radio, FDA Approves First Drug for PPD, Brexanolone (Zulresso)

    Winter 2019: Cedars-Sinai Discoveries Magazine, Stop The Stigma

    9/11/18: USC Center for Health Journalism, Cedars-Sinai PPD Screening Program May be Model for State

    ​    Summer 2018: Cedars-Sinai Catalyst Magazine, The Helping Hand of Los Angeles Funds Postpartum Depression Screening Program, scroll down to page 40 of magazine

    5/18/18: TODAY.com, Alyssa Milano on Postpartum Anxiety

    5/3/18: Cedars-Sinai Maternal Mental Health Research

    10/19/17: Cedars-Sinai Postpartum Depression Screening Program

    3/24/17: MomCo. App for Social Support

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    Dr. Accortt is a California licensed clinical psychologist. When she isn't seeing patients in private practice she conducts research in the OBGYN department at Cedars-Sinai. She will update this page with important maternal mental health news and research.

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