Postpartum Depression: The Hormone and Nutrition Connection
James Maskell
Founder, Functional Forum
Kirkland Newman
Founder & Editor, MindHealth360
7 hours ago
- Kirkland Newman’s own severe postpartum depression — dismissed by multiple conventional specialists and treated only with antidepressants — led her to discover underlying hormonal imbalances, nutritional deficiencies, and toxicity that no doctor had tested for, sparking her career in integrative mental health.
- She founded MindHealth360, a free global resource and practitioner database, and later took over the IMMH conference, which has grown from 50 attendees in 2009 to roughly 2,000 in-person and virtual attendees today.
- Newman argues that sustainable mental health treatment requires addressing three interconnected domains: the biochemical (hormones, nutrition, gut, infections, inflammation, genetics), the psychosocial/spiritual (relationships, trauma, ACEs), and the lifestyle/behavioral (sunlight, exercise, sleep).
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