Research


Rest Assured, a sleep intervention I developed, improves postpartum sleep!

Stone, K. C. (2023). Postpartum Behavioral Sleep Intervention for Smoking Relapse Prevention: A Pilot Trial. Maternal and Child Health Journal. doi: 10.1007/s10995-022-03575-3.


Minneapolis, Minnesota Sleep 2014 Annual Meeting


Poor sleep is a risk factor for the course of depression especially when antidepressants are being used.

Stone, K. C., Salisbury, A. L., Miller-Loncar, C. L., Mattera, J. A., Battle, C. L., Johnsen, D. M., & O’Grady, K. E. (2017). Pregnancy and postpartum antidepressant use moderates the effects of sleep on depression. Archives of Women’s Mental Health. doi:10.1007/s00737-017-0726-9.

Dr. Amy Salisbury is the principal investigator of this research focused on understanding the effects of antidepressant treatment for perinatal depression compared with the effects of untreated maternal depression on child and family outcomes.


Depression did not abate in women treated with anti-depressants and hypnotics.

Stone, K. C., Salisbury, A. L., Miller-Loncar, C. L., Mattera, J. A., & Johnsen, D. M. (2016). Combined hypnotic and antidepressant treatment: Potential moderator of change in perinatal depression severity over time, SLEEP, 39, A294-A295.