Oral History Interview with Brenda Major, December 19, 2019

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Interview with Dr. Brenda Major, a psychologist from Truckee, California. Major discusses her background, education, the influence of the women's movement, attribution theory, abortion psychology, traumatic post-abortion syndrome, and research on postpartum depression and other mental illnesses related to pregnancy.
Date: December 19, 2019
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Major, Brenda
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Michael W. O'Hara, September 19, 2019

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Interview with Michael O'Hara, a leading researcher in the psychology of postpartum depression since the late 1970s. O'Hara discusses his entry into psychology and perinatal mental health issues in particular; his involvement in the Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health; his overall research trajectory; transition from cognitive behavioral to interpersonal psychotherapy; changes in the field with regard to hormones and neuroscience; changing funding climates; the relationship between perinatal health researchers and activists; postpartum depression and race; and the politics of identifying postpartum depression as a discrete disease.
Date: September 19, 2019
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & O'Hara, Michael W.
System: The UNT Digital Library