What’s Up With Maternal Mental Health?

Our guest, Dr. Simone Vigod, is the head of The Department of Psychiatry at Women's College Hospital and a leading expert in perinatal mood disorders who has conducted some of the largest studies worldwide on maternal mental illness around the time of pregnancy. Mental illness at this life stage poses unique risks to mothers and their children at a critical juncture in both of their lives. Dr. Vigod’s research is helping raise awareness about gaps in access to specialized perinatal mental healthcare, as well as identifying vulnerable populations where these gaps are most prominent.

Together we discuss maternity and mental health, breakthroughs in women’s mood disorder research that will blow your mind, how anxiety and depression affect moms and their babies, as well as the importance of access to treatments and resources for all.

Read more about Dr. Vigod and access her work here: https://www.womensresearch.ca/scientists/core-faculty/simone-vigod

Learn more about our partner, WHCC, and the work they're doing to close the gap in women's health research, click here: www.WHCC.ca