What She Shares:
- The history of women and psychiatry
- How some medical research data is currently being safely collected on pregnant women
- Her intention for her new book to be a preventative guidebook to reduce postpartum depression
- How her new podcast is intended for maternal health and support
What You’ll Hear:
- How the scare around Thalidomide affected research into women’s mental health for decades to come.
- Opening research to include women’s health finally showed that men and women’s health needs often differ
- The laws that aimed to reduce gender and racial discrimination in medical research
- A brief discussion on the FDA approved medication for postpartum depression
- Embarking on research into the causes of and prevention of postpartum depression
- Making preparations and front loading investments to avoid PPMADs
- Addressing diseases through the a bio-psycho-social model and a preventative lens
- Being aware of a biological predisposition towards depression
- Accessing information about postpartum care from multiple angles
- Finding camaraderie with other women and their stories in Alexandra’s podcast
- Lovingly examining your own personhood and how it interacts with your new role as a mother
- Bringing motherhood and traditional feminism together
- Prioritizing those things you really want, including motherhood
