Books:

Mood and Anxiety Disorders during Pregnancy and Postpartum. Edited by Lee S. Cohen, MD and Ruta M. Nonacs, MD, PhD

A Deeper Shade of Blue: A Woman’s Guide to Recognizing and Treating Depression in Her Child-Bearing Years by Ruta Nonacs, MD, PhD

This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression by Karen Kleiman and Valerie Raskin

Postpartum Depression and Child Development by Lynne Murray and Peter J. Cooper

Sleepless Days: One Woman’s Journey Through Postpartum Depression by Susan Kushner Resnick

Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression by Brooke Shields

Overcoming Postpartum Depression and Anxiety by Linda Sebastian

Beyond the Blues: A Guide to Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression by Shoshana S. Bennett and Pec Indman

Radio:

National Public Radio (NPR) Interview by Terry Gross: Brooke Shields on Birth and Depression (May 11, 2005)

National Public Radio (NPR): Postpartum Psychosis: One Woman’s Story (February 18, 2002)

General:

Altshuler LL, Cohen LS, Moline ML, Kahn DA, Carpenter D, Docherty JP. Treatment of depression in women 2001. Postgraduate Medicine: The Expert Consensus Guideline Series, A Special Report, March 2001.

Beck CT. Postpartum depression predictors inventory–revised. Advances in Neonatal Care 2003; 3(1):47-8.

Bloch M, Rotenberg N, Koren D, Klein E. Risk factors associated with the development of postpartum mood disorders. J Affect Disord 2005; 88(1):9-18.

Bloch M, Schmidt PJ, Danaceau M, Murphy J, Nieman L, Rubinow DR. Effects of gonadal steroids in women with a history of postpartum depression. Am J Psychiatry 2000; 157(6):924-30.

Brockington I. Postpartum psychiatric disorders. Lancet 2004; 363(9405):303-10.

Cox JL, Holden JM, Sagovsky R. Detection of postnatal depression: development of the 10-item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Br J Psychiatry 1987; 150: 782-786.

Hendrick V, Altshuler LL, Suri R. Hormonal changes in the postpartum and implications for postpartum depression.Psychosomatics 1998; 39(2):93-101.

Lamberg L. Risks and benefits key to psychotropic drug use during pregnancy and postpartum period. JAMA 2005 Oct; 294(13):1604-8.

Nonacs, R. Postpartum Depression. eMedicine Journal.

Nonacs R, Cohen LS. Postpartum mood disorders: diagnosis and treatment guidelines. J Clin Psychiatry 1998; 59 Suppl 2:34-40.

O’ Hara MW, Schlechte JA, Lewis DA, et al. Controlled prospective study of postpartum mood disorders: Psychological, environmental and hormonal factors. J Abnorm Psychol 1991; 100: 63-73.

O’Hara MW, Zekoski EM, Philipps LH, Wright EJ. Controlled prospective study of postpartum mood disorders: comparison of childbearing and nonchildbearing women. J Abnorm Psychol 1990 Feb;99(1):3-15.

Wisner KL, Peindl KS, Gigliotti T, Hanusa BH. Obsessions and compulsions in women with postpartum depression. J Clin Psychiatry 1999 Mar; 60(3):176-80.

Pharmacotherapy for Postpartum Illness:

Ahokas A, Kaukoranta J, Wahlbeck K, Aito M. Estrogen deficiency in severe postpartum depression: successful treatment with sublingual physiologic 17beta-estradiol: a preliminary study. J Clin Psychiatry 2001 May; 62(5):332-6.

Appleby L, Warner R, Whitton A, Faragher B. A controlled study of fluoxetine and cognitive-behavioral counselling in the treatment of postnatal depression. BMJ 1997; 314: 932-6.

Cohen LS, Viguera AC, Bouffard SM, Nonacs RM, Morabito C, Collins MH, Ablon JS. Venlafaxine in the treatment of postpartum depression. J Clin Psychiatry 2001 Aug; 62(8):592-6.

Gregoire AJ, Kumar R, et al. Transdermal oestrogen for treatment of severe postnatal depression. Lancet 1996; 347: 930-933.

Newport DJ, Hostetter A, Arnold A, Stowe ZN. The treatment of postpartum depression: minimizing infant exposures. J Clin Psychiatry 2002;63 Suppl 7:31-44.

Nonacs R and Cohen LS. Postpartum mood disorders: diagnosis and treatment guidelines. J Clin Psychiatry 1998; 59 Suppl 2:34-40.

Nonacs RM, Soares CN, Viguera AC, Pearson K, Poitras JR, Cohen LS. Bupropion SR for the treatment of postpartum depression: a pilot study. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2005 Sep; 8(3):445-9.

Stowe ZN, Casarella J, et al. Sertraline in the treatment of women with postpartum major depression. Depression 1995; 3: 49-55.

Suri R, Burt VK, Altshuler LL, Zuckerbrow-Miller J, Fairbanks L. Fluvoxamine for postpartum depression. Am J Psychiatry 2001. Oct;158(10):1739-40.

Psychosocial Interventions:

Dennis CL. Psychosocial and psychological interventions for postpartum depression: a systematic review. BMJ 2005. July;331(15).

O’Hara MW, Stuart S, Gorman LL, Wenzel A. Efficacy of interpersonal psychotherapy for postpartum depression. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2000 Nov; 57(11):1039-45.

Postpartum Prophylaxis:

Cohen LS, Sichel DA, Roberston LM, et al. Postpartum prophylaxis for women with bipolar disorder. Am J Psychiatry 1995; 152: 1641-1645.

Kumar C, McIvor RJ, Davies T, Brown N, Papadopoulos A, Wieck A, Checkley SA, Campbell IC, Marks MN. Estrogen administration does not reduce the rate of recurrence of affective psychosis after childbirth. J Clin Psychiatry 2003 Feb;64(2):112-8.

Wisner KL, Perel JM, Peindl KS, Hanusa BH, Piontek CM, Findling RL. Prevention of postpartum depression: a pilot randomized clinical trial. Am J Psychiatry. 2004 Jul;161(7):1290-2.

Wisner KL, Perel JM, Peindl KS, Hanusa BH, Findling RL, Rapport D. Prevention of recurrent postpartum depression: a randomized clinical trial. J Clin Psychiatry 2001 Feb;62(2):82-6.

Wisner KL, Wheeler SB. Prevention of recurrent postpartum major depression. Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1994 Dec;45(12):1191-6.

Impact of Postpartum Illness:

Hay DF, Pawlby S, Sharp D, Asten P, Mills A, Kumar R. Intellectual problems shown by 11-year-old children whose mothers had postnatal depression. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2001 Oct;42(7):871-89.

Minkovitz CS, Strobino D, Scharfstein D, Hou W, Miller T, Mistry KB, Swartz K. Maternal depressive symptoms and children’s receipt of health care in the first 3 years of life. Pediatrics. 2005 Feb;115(2):306-14.

Murray L, Cooper P. Effects of postnatal depression on infant development. Arch Dis Child 1997 Aug;77(2):99-101.

Weinberg MK, Tronick EZ. The impact of maternal psychiatric illness on infant development. J Clin Psychiatry 1998;59 Suppl 2:53-61.