Perinatal Mental Illness Nearly Ended My Life

Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 Oct;40(10):1663-1666. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00706.

Author

Kara Zivin¹

Affiliation

¹ Kara Zivin (kzivin@umich.edu) is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan, a research career scientist at the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, and a senior health researcher at Mathematica, all in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

PMID: 34606356
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00706

Abstract

A psychiatry professor's recovery from perinatal depression drives her research to facilitate practice and policy change.

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Mental Disorders* / therapy
Parturition
Pregnancy
Psychiatry*