We completed our first MGH Women’s Mental Health online CME program in the Fall of 2019, and we are so excited to offer our next round of the course beginning in November 2020. Thank you for those who have participated in past cycles! The next course begins on November 2nd, and registration is available through… Read More »
By Megan E. Marshall, co-founder of the F.L.Y. Movement (Fuel. Love. You.) Today Megan E. Marshall, M.Ed., is the Business Core Administrator in the Smeal College of Business at Penn State University but years back she started off as a track and field runner at Penn State and experienced an eating disorder that led to… Read More »
#EachForEqual campaign message 2020 this Women’s Day. The campaign highlights, forging equality in six key areas crucial to a “healthier, wealthier and more harmonious” world. One of the campaign highlights, Empowering women through health education of which Women Fitness has been an integral part for more than 20 years. The WF team through relentless hard… Read More »
Although abortion is a legal medical procedure in the United States, the belief that abortion is associated with adverse psychological outcomes has been the basis for legislation and policies which restrict access to abortion. At the present time 34 states currently require that women seeking an abortion receive counseling regarding the negative emotional consequences she… Read More »
A Call to Action: Screening Fathers for Perinatal Depression. Walsh TB, Davis RN, Garfield C. Pediatrics. 2020 Jan;145(1). Preventing Postpartum Depression With Mindful Self-Compassion Intervention: A Randomized Control Study. Guo L, Zhang J, Mu L, Ye Z. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2019 Dec 18. Compared with the control group, the intervention group showed significant improvement… Read More »