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Why Is My ADHD Worse Before My Period?
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (643+ words) Posted August 31, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk So why are you suddenly losing your phone, rereading the same paragraph, forgetting plans, and staring at an assignment you desperately want to start? Everything feels harder. Your usual ADHD strategies aren’t working, and…...
Is America Obsessed With the Failure of Mothers?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (357+ words) Posted August 18, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk I am a therapist who has worked with postpartum psychosis in a variety of settings. I do not shy away from difficult topics. So why, when the Lindsay Clancy trial started, did I avoid…...
Chronic Illness Is the New Rite of Passage in Motherhood
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (600+ words) Posted July 24, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. She leaned over and said, "I just found out that I am." At that point, I did everything I could to minimize. I had a higher risk. Autoimmunity runs in my family. I…...
The Missing Specialty in Maternal Mental Health
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (518+ words) Posted July 14, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Awareness of perinatal and postpartum mental health issues is growing dramatically. Yet there remains no formal reproductive psychiatry certification for medical school residents. The lack of training means that only about 500 reproductive psychiatrists…...
Maternal Ambivalence: A Peculiar Kind of Ambivalence
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (160+ words) Posted July 9, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Despite this forward movement, the word ambivalence is still mired in misapprehension. It is widely misunderstood as a negative energy and often interchanged with indifference, which is a splitting mechanism, the polar opposite of…...
Unresolved Longing and Reproductive Choices
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (516+ words) Posted June 29, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina I have been grappling for a long time with the social and personal perception of voluntary abortion, about how women process their decision to terminate their pregnancy. Many questions are at the forefront of…...
Fathers of Daughters Invest Differently
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (426+ words) Posted June 16, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina A vivid memory I retain is his regularly handing me newspaper articles about powerful women. “Couldn’t you do this?” He was talking about Christine Bortenlänger, who started running the Munich stock exchange at 33, or…...
Why the United Nations Needs Psychology
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (583+ words) Updated May 28, 2026 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma In this context, my colleagues at Fordham University—Melissa Malley, Elaine Congress, and others—who are focused on the work of the United Nations, have organized a special volume on gender perspectives from around…...
Finding Aesthetic Pleasure in Everyday Routines
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (190+ words) Posted April 28, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Here are various concepts to explore to enrich our aesthetic appreciation of our everyday routines (Saito, 2017). It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. The aesthetic of mannerism shifts attention away from…...
Beyond Fertility: The Messages of Menstruation
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (467+ words) Posted April 9, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley When I was growing up, some of my friends called their menstruation “the curse,” and others whispered, “My friend is visiting.” The second group was closer to the truth because menstruation not only provides…...