Tracy Thompson, award-winning journalist, author, The Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising Children, and Struggling with Depression.

RESOURCES

www.wellmother.com/postpartum.html

www.betterbirthfoundation.com

Postpartum Depression, Support and Education http://infotrail.com/dad/dad.htm

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Information & Service Center 800-950-NAMI (6264)
National Institute of Mental Health www.nimh.nih.gov

National Mental Health Association–Includes specifically a tip sheet for “healthy parenting for mothers with depression”

American Psychological Association

Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy

Information on cognitive therapy from the founder, Aaron Beck

Tracy Thompson’s blog www.maternallychallenged.typepad.com

Gail Gibson Hunt, President and CEO, National Alliance for Caregiving.

RESOURCES

The MS Society

American Association of Caregiving Youth

Lise Becker Vezina, Ph.D., Associate Director of Training in Professional Psychology, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center

Eileen Bernstein, NCSC, LCPC, Counselor at Gaithersburg High School

Sue Jeweler and Rich Weinfeld, authors, Smart Kids with Learning Difficulties, written with Linda Barnes-Robinson and Betty Roffman Shevitz

Click here to buy Smart Kids With Learning Difficulties at Amazon.com.

Risa Davis-Ganel, Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist

Advice for Young Parents – “The Advice Conundrum”
Carol Brimberg Schulman, M.D., pediatrician

Jerlean E. Daniel, Ph.D., Deputy Executive Director, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Deborah Wiener, professional interior designer, Designing Solutions.

Nida Saavedra, Ph.D., and Vernon Toelle, Ph.D., Children’s Safety Care; professional advisors and installers.

Resources

Nida Saaverdra and Vernon Toelle
Child Safety International
US Govt. Consumer Product Safety
Plants – which and which parts are poisonous