Dr. Bobbie Decker is a neurologist, mom of two, and survivor of postpartum psychosis. Her work focuses on the ways reproductive hormonal changes intersect with neurological health, and her own experience with postpartum mental health has given her a personal perspective on the gaps in how we care for women.

After the birth of her second child, Bobbie experienced postpartum OCD, depression, and psychosis. In this conversation, she shares what it was like to experience postpartum mental illness as a physician who specializes in the brain—and how surprisingly little she understood about postpartum disorders from her own medical training. Her story is a powerful reminder that postpartum psychosis can happen to anyone, including someone whose career is devoted to understanding the brain. We discuss what we understand—and don’t understand—about t ...