The Mom & Mind Podcast with
Dr. Katayune Kaeni
Postpartum Bipolar Disorder
Psych Byte Webinar for the International Bipolar Foundation
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
Dyane Harwood’s Birth of a New Brain is a gripping account of the awful juxtaposition of childbirth and the onset of bipolar illness. Her book is an informative and important contribution to our understanding of this triggering of mental illness that happens more often than is generally recognized.”
—Kay Redfield Jamison, author of An Unquiet Mind and Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire
With candid, explicit depictions of her compelling journey through postpartum bipolar disorder, Dyane skillfully brings the painful honesty necessary for growth in our field, as well as hope to those suffering. Birth of a New Brain is a rare resource that will benefit practitioners, their patients, and the public at large.
Shoshana S. Bennett, Ph.D.
Author,
Postpartum Depression for Dummies
Clinical Psychologist for Perinatal Disorders
Dyane Harwood's new book Birth of a New Brain is a phenomenal gift to the mental illness community, especially for postpartum sufferers. Dyane's clever weave of gut-wrenching honesty entwined with intricate storytelling illuminates an under-profiled mental illness. Birth of a New Brain is an important addition to the world's mood disorder literature, and it will help those with perinatal and bipolar disorders of all kinds. Delve into Dyane’s incredible story, one that untangles the baffling and under-reported illness of postpartum bipolar disorder. Prepare to be moved. You won’t regret it.
Wendy K. Williamson
Author, I'm Not Crazy Just Bipolar and Two Bipolar Chicks Guide to
Survival: Tips for Living with Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar illness is serious and widely misunderstood. When it emerges in the postpartum period, women and medical professionals are often blindsided due to the current lack of awareness. Birth of a New Brain is a brave and deeply personal account of how bipolar illness can impact a new mother. Her honest reveal of startling references such as mania, ECT, hospital wards, suicide and "tsunami obsessions", creates heartfelt transparency and highlights its stigma-busting potential. Postpartum women in distress will relate to Dyane Harwood's genuineness and be grateful for this book.
Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW
Author, The Art of Holding: An Essential Intervention for Postpartum Depression and Anxiety
Founder, The Postpartum Stress Center
BIO
Dyane Harwood holds a B.A. in English and American Literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz. A freelance writer for two decades, she has interviewed bestselling authors, including Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, Anthony Bourdain, and SARK. In 2007, Dyane was diagnosed with postpartum bipolar disorder (bipolar, peripartum onset).
Dyane has been profiled in The Huffington Post about her postpartum mental health advocacy. PsychCentral honored Dyane as a Mental Health Hero, and the International Bipolar Foundation featured her as a “Story of Hope and Recovery.” Dyane has written about postpartum bipolar disorder for The Huffington Post, SELF Magazine, BP/Bipolar Magazine, MOODS Magazine, Anchor Magazine, Postpartum Support International, The International Bipolar Foundation, Postpartum Progress, and the Stigma Fighters Anthology.
Dyane founded a chapter of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) and facilitated free support groups for women for nine years.
Dyane lives in Ben Lomond, California with her two daughters, her husband, the author Craig Harwood, and their Scotch collie. She's working on her second book about the future of the human brain.
UPCOMING EVENTS
CONTACT
For media inquiries, please email dyane@baymoon.com
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