#831 Postpartum Depression

The Staying Young Show

Show Topic: Postpartum Depression with special guest Kimberly Hershenson

Co-Hosts:  Judy Gaman, Walter Gaman, Mark Anderson

Guest: Kimberly Hershenson 

Segment 1

Intro 

Our focus today is postpartum depression. Even if you are not a woman of childbearing age, this topic may still affect you in some way, whether that be dealing with a wife, your grown children, or grandchildren. Even more surprising, postpartum depression can also strike men. We have a special guest later this hour Kimberly Hershenson a NYC based therapist whose practice revolves around this very topic.

• Stats - Centers for Disease Control, 11 to 20% of women who give birth each year have postpartum depression symptoms. Take the average of 15% of four million live births in the US annually - approximately 600,000 women get PPD in the US each year
• What has been your experience with PPD in your life or with patients?
• Only 15% of women with postpartum depression ever receive professional treatment. This means about 850,000 women each year are not getting the help they need.
• Do you think there is a stigma – either real or perceived around PPD?

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Segment 2

Intro 

Coming up, our special guest NYC based therapist Kimberly Hershenson and her take on postpartum depression

 

• Tell us a little about your background? Why is this your focus?
• What are the symptoms of PPD?
• Why don’t more women seek treatment?
• How can family help?
• Is exercise effective?
• Could poor nutrition and lack of sleep cause or be the culprit for worsening symptoms?

  

Segment 3

Intro 

Today we’re visiting with NYC based therapist Kimberly Hershenson about postpartum depression

 

• Can men get postpartum depression? If so, what does that look like?
• When is it no longer considered PPD and may be something more long lasting? For example, can childbirth trigger something else in the brain?
• What advice do you have for someone who suspects a loved one may have this?
• What are the common treatments?
• Other advice?

 

Segment 4

 

Intro 

Medical Mania Trivia

1. T or F Ears convert sound waves into nerve impulses that are sent to the brain (T)
2. Name the 4 of 5 basic tastes that the taste buds can detect. (sweet, bitter, sour, salty and savoury)
3. T or F Butterflies have taste receptors in their feet (T)
4. Is cardiac muscle voluntary or involuntary? (Involuntary)
5. Do women have longer, shorter or the same size tongues in general as men do? (Shorter) 

Open discussion

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