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Oral History Interview with Wendy Davis, October 7, 2022

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Interview with Wendy Davis, the executive director of Postpartum Support International from Portland, Oregon. Davis discusses her background in psychotherapy/psychology, becoming involved in the perinatal mental health field through her own experience with postpartum depression and anxiety, being helped by a doula, getting involved in maternal mental health groups, PSI and DAD, and the growth and development of PSI over time.
Date: October 7, 2022
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Davis, Wendy
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Carol Blocker, October 14, 2022

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Interview with Carol Blocker, an activist from Chicago, Illinois. Blocker discusses postpartum activism, her experience with her daughter Melanie, the difference between postpartum psychosis and postpartum depression, the Melanie Blocker Stokes Act, and the lack of detailed information available about postpartum mental illnesses.
Date: October 14, 2022
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Blocker, Carol
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Adrienne Griffen, August 12, 2022

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Interview with Adrienne Griffen, the Executive Director of the Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance from Arlington, Virginia. Griffen discusses her family, time as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy, education, her own experience with postpartum depression, becoming an advocate, Postpartum Support International, other leaders and organizations in her field, postpartum psychosis, statistics, and treatments.
Date: August 12, 2022
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Griffen, Adrienne
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Susan Dowd Stone, September 23, 2022

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Interview with Susan Dowd Stone, a clinician, advocator, writer, family pillar, and educator at NYU from Englewood, New Jersey. Stone discusses working in business, transitioning to social work, the joint meeting between Depression After Delivery and Postpartum Support International, becoming PSI president, the Mothers Act, the DSM, and postpartum depression.
Date: September 23, 2022
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Stone, Susan Dowd
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jabina Coleman, November 3, 2022

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Interview with Jabina Coleman, a reproductive psychotherapist and certified lactation consultant from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Coleman discusses her involvement in supporting maternal health, from running Life House Lactation & Perinatal Services to founding groups like Breastfeeding Awareness and Empowerment, the Perinatal Mental Health and Alliance for People of Color, and the Maternal Wellness Village in Philadelphia. Coleman discusses her own pregnancy, postpartum depression, education, and motivation to become an advocate in her field.
Date: November 3, 2022
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Coleman, Jabina
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Nancy Byatt, September 16, 2022

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Interview with Nancy Byatt, a perinatal psychiatrist from Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Byatt discusses background, family, education, experiences with women who had postpartum depression, starting The Lifeline for Family Center and the Lifeline for Moms at UMass, founding The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program for Moms, securing funding for the programs, and a sense of identity as a physician/scientist who partners with activists and advocates.
Date: September 16, 2022
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Byatt, Nancy
System: The UNT Digital Library