There are several excellent resources for information pertaining to postpartum depression in the Phila, PA area that I use for referrals for the mothers that I see in my LC practice, as well as the postpartum doula practice. Fortunately, LC's can have the ability and hopefully, early contact with families, to help identify the risk factors and offer families local resources. I worked with OB's at a local hospital to raise awareness of PPD after there seemed to be a run of patients experiencing PPD and hospital staff didn't know where to refer or get further information. It turned out to be very educational for me. 1. Depression After Delivery is a national volunteer organization which provides a support network and printed materials for anyone interested in PPD. Their hotline # is 800 - 944-4PPD (4773). Regular # is 215 - 295 - 3994. They are based in Morrisville, PA. 2. The Postpartum Stress Center located in Rosemont, PA was started by Karen Kleinman, MSW. Karen can be contacted at 610 - 525 - 7527 The Center's mailing address is 1062 Lancaster Ave., Rosemont Plaza, Suite 8, Rosemont, PA 19010. Karen and her colleagues are excellent resources. She has written a very good resource book called "This Isn't What I Expected - Overcoming Postpartum Depression" published by Bantam Books. The tagline is "Recognizing and Recovering from Depression and Anxiety after Childbirth" Her newest book was recently released called "The Postpartum Husband - Practical Solutions for Living with Postpartum Depression" which contains information and recommendations to help partners deal with the impact of postpartum depression. 3. A book called "Postpartum Depresion - A Comprehensive Approach for Nurses" by Kathleen Kendall - Tackett, published by Sage Publications 1993 is a more scientific approach and information than the above materials. 4. I have not had personal contact with this organization, but have heard through others that Postpartum Support International is another terrific group to contact for info. This # is 805- 967 - 7636. (I have no monetary interest in any of the above organizations or publications. I have just found them to be very educational) I thought I would post this to the whole list since I know I occasionally see women in my practice who are experiencing PPD and hope the information is helpful to others. Elizabeth Ricci, RN, IBCLC Wee Care Birth & Breastfeeding Resource Center SE Pennsylvania _________________________________________ This message was sent using Conectiv.net WebMail. http://webmail.conectiv.net/ *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html