Does Physical Activity help in reducing the risk of depression and anxiety?
Image by Bruno Nascimento via Unsplash The short answer is yes. There was a recent study that combined the results of 15 other studies...
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Sonali Quantius
- Apr 20
- 2 min
What is the difference between Sex and Gender and why does it matter in how medicines work?
According to the World Health Organization, sex refers to the biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women....
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Sonali Quantius
- Apr 3
- 2 min
#YouareNotAlone
Image by Vonecia Carswell on Unsplash One of the memories that stands out during my postpartum depression days is that I thought I was...
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Sonali Quantius
- Mar 28
- 3 min
Every 25 minutes...(*trigger warning)
Photo by Naveed Ahmed in Unsplash ...an Indian woman kills herself by suicide. India's National Crime Registry (NCRB) recorded that...
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Sonali Quantius
- Mar 16
- 3 min
Who Has The Highest Risk for Postpartum Depression?
Image by Fallon Michael on Unsplash A new study published this month in the Journal of Affective Disorders looked at the risk factors...
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Sonali Quantius
- Mar 7
- 5 min
5 lessons that I have learned since leaving my corporate job to start a company
Image by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash It has been two years since I left my corporate career for the uncertainty of startup life. Although...
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Sonali Quantius
- Feb 26
- 3 min
What stops someone from asking for help for postpartum depression?
Image by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash This is a question that I asked on a few social media sites to understand what are the barriers...
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Sonali Quantius
- Feb 12
- 6 min
Leaving a corporate job to create a perinatal mental health platform - my journey so far
taken on the Zürich lake, 12th of February 2022 Two years back on this day (12th of February, 2020), I landed in Switzerland with my...
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Sonali Quantius
- Jan 24
- 3 min
How do Antidepressants work?
Photo by Adam Nieścioruk on Unsplash Recently, I read an interesting book, 'We are our brains: from the womb to Alzheimer's' by Dick...
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Sonali Quantius
- Jan 15
- 3 min
The key lies in the genes
Image by Warren Umoh “All things are poison, and nothing is without poison, the dosage alone makes it so a thing is not a poison.” These...
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Sonali Quantius
- Jan 10
- 2 min
Where are we now with the UN's SDG goal of reducing Maternal Mortality by 2030?
Image from https://sdgs.un.org/goals One of the targets of SDG3 by 2030 is to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70...
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Sonali Quantius
- Jan 1
- 2 min
Fear vs Anxiety
Image by Marina Vitale In my last post, I started on a journey to understand why do women experience anxiety at twice the rate as men and...
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Sonali Quantius
- Dec 27, 2021
- 1 min
Why are women twice as likely to develop anxiety disorders than men?
Source: Our World in Data The good and the bad thing about having twins is that you always have a control! I have 7-year-old boy/girl...
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Sonali Quantius
- Dec 20, 2021
- 2 min
What is ‘baby blues’ and how is it different from postpartum depression?
Photo by Liza Summer from Pexels 80% of women who give birth experience what is commonly known as ‘baby blues’ or ‘postpartum blues’....
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Sonali Quantius
- Dec 13, 2021
- 3 min
Will you get Postpartum Depression?
Image by Sergiu Vălenaș via Unsplash Why do some women get postpartum depression while others do not? Why do some women view having their...
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Sonali Quantius
- Dec 6, 2021
- 3 min
The cost of bringing a child into this world (Part 2)
Volume 6, December 2018, Pages 82–88 I received feedback that the first part of this series was too complicated and I should make it...
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Sonali Quantius
- Nov 29, 2021
- 2 min
The cost of bringing a child into this world (Part 1)
Photo by Taryn Elliott from Pexels After the twins were born, I had to go back to work in 12 weeks. The US is the only OECD country in...
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Sonali Quantius
- Nov 22, 2021
- 3 min
Is postpartum depression 'different' from normal depression?
Photo by Xavier Mouton Photographie on Unsplash According to Wikipedia, Major depressive disorder (MDD), also known simply as depression,...
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Sonali Quantius
- Nov 21, 2021
- 2 min
Why I started Haplomind
It started as a personal frustration. Not being screened nor treated for postpartum depression left me vulnerable and depressed for four...
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