| Interviewee | KRUCKMAN, Laurence (b. 1943) |
| Interview ID # | OH 2068 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Laurence (Larry) Kruckman discusses his work as an anthropologist and as an postpartum depression/perinatal mental health advocate. He discusses early support group work he began in Chicago and Milwaukee in the 1970s, including the Latina group Dara Luz, and his time working with Postpartum Support International (PSI) including creating their original website in the 1990s. He discusses his research on cross-cultural postpartum and his discussion of postpartum depression as a “culture-bound syndrome.” He discusses other postpartum advocates, including Sonia Murdock, Nancy Berchtold, James Hamilton, Jane Honikman, and their advocacy around the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). |
| Interviewer(s) | Rachel Louise Moran |
| Physical Description | 54 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Closed until January 10 2026 |
