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STOTLAND, Nada (b. 1943)

Oral Histories

OH 2032

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Dr. Stotland is a psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Rush Medical College in Chicago. Her research has focused on issues of reproduction and psychiatry especially around abortion. she was also the 135th President of the American Psychiatric Association, presiding over the publication of DSM-V. We discussed post-abortion trauma syndrome, postpartum depression, women and psychiatry, hormones, and her position as a public figure on abortion issues. The period discussed is primarily the 1970s-1990s.