Ontario program helps treat anxiety disorders during and after pregnancy that largely go unrecognized
Article written by The Globe and Mail reporter, Wency Leung | Image source, The Globe and Mail
Lacey Kempinski’s first six months of motherhood were a blur of anxiety. She was terrified of dropping her first-born son down the stairs. She put signs up around the house to remind visitors to wash their hands before touching him and had trouble breathing when he was taken out of her sight. “There weren’t a lot of joyful moments,” said Ms. Kempinski, of Paris, Ont.
Clinical and health psychologist Dr. Sheryl Green has created one of the few programs in Canada to treat perinatal anxiety at St. Joe’s Women's Health Concerns Clinic.
Click here to learn more about how this St. Joe's program helps treat anxiety disorders during and after pregnancy that largely go unrecognized.