Motherhood and Memory Lapse

March 12, 2008

Neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine, MD, director of the UCSF Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic and author of The Female Brain, was interviewed by ABC about "momnesia" or post-partum forgetfulness that scientists are saying is a medical condition. The interview aired on ABC World News Now and on Good Morning America.

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