The Society for Women's Health Research offers some excellent, research-based fact sheets on women and mental health. Be sure to check these out:

"Sex Differences in Mental Health" (a scientific fact sheet aimed at the healthcare professional, researcher, and health/medical journalist)

"Postpartum Depression: Should You be Screened?" (a consumer fact sheet aimed at women, their partners, and families)

The Society also made one of its 2006 Women's Health Research Journalism Awards to radio reporter Jim Ryan of WBAP News 820 in Ft. Worth, Texas, for his segment "Beyond the Baby Blues." Ryan's reporting was prompted by a series of local high-profile cases involving children murdered by their mothers [in suburban Dallas] between 2001-2004. The segment was recognized for "getting past sensational headlines," reporting that "these incidents are often related to mental health illnesses, which can go unrecognized and untreated before tragedy strikes."