Mother with a one year old in the car-- I thought immediately Post-Partum Depression

[trumad]

Which if you have known anyone who had it or experienced it yourself, are quite aware that it can cause serious depression.

Mother Of Conn. Woman In Capitol Chase Says She Suffered From Post-Partum Depression

NEW YORK (AP) -- The mother of a Connecticut woman who was shot to death by police after trying to breach a barrier at the White House said her daughter was suffering from post-partum depression.
Authorities said the woman set off a high-speed car chase that put the Capitol on lockdown Thursday and caused a fresh panic in a city where a gunman killed 12 people two weeks ago.

Two law enforcement officials identified the driver as 34-year-old Miriam Carey, of Stamford, Conn. She was traveling with a 1-year-old girl who avoided serious injury and was taken into protective custody. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation.

Carey's mother, Idella Carey, told ABC News Thursday night that her daughter began suffering from post-partum depression after giving birth to her daughter, Erica, last August.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mother-of-conn-woman-in-capitol-chase-says-she-suffered-from-post-partum-depression

[HereSince1628]

1. I didn't, probably because I didn't link behavior against strangers and PPD

I did think of ppd when there was a single line in a story commenting that an anonymous leo said there was some history of mental illness.

CDC estimates up to 1 in 8 births among American women are followed by post-partum depression.

The odds sort of bring that one forward.

[Sienna86]

2. So did I

There was a well-publicized case in Chicago several years ago. The mother committed suicide. Very sad.

http://www.melaniesbattle.org

[CTyankee]

3. I had a co-worker, a very bright womn, who had severe ppd. She heard voices that told her to

kill her baby. Mercifully, she sought help and she and her son are fine today. I was horrified when she told me her story...

[seabeyond]

4. i experienced it with first child. scary scary stuff. i think the baby was 18 mo. to me,

that is a little old. generally it is more along the lines of the chemical imbalances from having the baby. which is months after. but not this long period. though if a woman does not come out of it, i do not know how it would manifest.

[AngryAmish]

5. I heard she also suffered a head injury a while back

The whole thing is sad.

[polly7]

6. Yes, I read that her boss told reporters she fell down a flight of stairs and had a 'significant

head injury'. Combine lingering ill-effects of head injury with postpartum depression that was severe enough she'd at least tried to get help with months ago, and I'm sure she was having a very difficult time. So sad.

Two law enforcement officials identified the driver as 34-year-old Miriam Carey, of Stamford, Connecticut. She was travelling with a one-year-old girl who avoided serious injury and was taken into protective custody. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation.

Carey's mother, Idella Carey, told ABC News Thursday night that her daughter began suffering from post-partum depression after giving birth to her daughter, Erica, last August.

"A few months later, she got sick," she said. "She was depressed. ... She was hospitalized."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/miriam-carey-shot-dead-on-capitol-hill-had-postpartum-depression-1.1912164