PREGNANCY: MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ILLNESS - Increasingly mental and physical illness is being traced to issues while developing in utero. These book, videos and articles explore this connection, including transgenerational transmission of trauma; the effects of depression, anxiety and other psychological challenges in pregnant mothers; and trauma’s influence on the developing baby (both family trauma and trauma in society - wars, natural disasters, etc.).

• “Depression in Mom or Dad Increases Risk of Premature Baby,“ New York Times                                                            

• “Pregnant Women With Depression Face Tough Choices, No Easy Answers,“ NPR

• “Panel Calls for Depression Screenings During and After Pregnancy”, New York Times                                                       

• “Major Study Links Autism To Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy”, Huffington Post    

• It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are And How To End The Cycle, by Mark Wolynn

• Shock: A Universal Malady, by William Emerson

• We Are All in Shock: How Overwhelming Experiences Shatter You And What You Can Do About It, by Stephanie Mines

• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD