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The very thought of fathers with post-natal depression raises Anna Maxted's hackles.
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Is this the natural way to beat the baby blues?
View ArticleGwyneth Paltrow talks of depression and pain after child’s birth
Gwyneth Paltrow talks of depression and pain after child's birth
View ArticleDifficult pregnancies lead to post-natal depression
Difficult pregnancies lead to post-natal depression
View ArticleHealth visitors ‘can stop post-natal depression’
Health visitors 'can stop post-natal depression'
View ArticleMen should be screened for post-natal depression, say researchers
Men should be screened for post-natal depression, say researchers
View ArticleWomen with the baby blues process emotion differently
Women with the baby blues process emotion differently
View ArticleI was sterilised at 24 – but now I want a baby
I was sterilised at 24 - but now I want a baby
View ArticleTaking fish oils in pregnancy ‘does not boost brain power of baby’
Taking fish oils in pregnancy 'does not boost brain power of baby'
View ArticleTeacher with post natal depression kills 10-day-old son after her medication...
A school teacher with severe post natal depression killed her ten-day-old son after doctors took away her medication, a court heard today.
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Gwyneth Paltrow reveals extent of struggle with post-natal depression
View ArticleDo new fathers get post-natal depression?
Study reveals 40 per cent of 'sad dads' spank their one-year-olds
View ArticleArsonist spared jail after ‘suffering male version of post-natal depression’
A former firefighter who set himself and his house on fire was spared jail after his lawyer claimed he was suffering from a male equivalent of post-natal depression.
View ArticleEating oily fish while pregnant ‘cuts chances of post-natal depression’
Eating fish during pregnancy could cut a woman's odds of developing post-natal depression.
View ArticleFather with ‘post-natal depression’ killed daughter
A father who believed he was suffering from male post-natal depression searched the internet for information on how to kill a baby before suffocating his six-month-old daughter, a jury heard.
View ArticleThe feel good chemical oxytocin could be key to curing curse of post natal...
A feel good chemical released in the brain during affectionate moments and social bonding could be the key to eradicating depression after childbirth.
View ArticleFather accused of smothering his baby as he ‘suffered post-natal depression’
A depressed father who trawled the internet for ways to kill babies before his daughter was found dead in her cot spoke of his ‘long ordeal’ as he walked free from court yesterday.
View ArticleWhy fathers have post-natal depression
A Gloucester man has been acquitted of murdering his six-month-old daughter, after saying he had had post-natal depression. The case of Mark Bruton-Young has put the issue of men who struggle to cope...
View ArticleDomestic violence ‘leads to post-natal depression’
Women who suffer domestic violence during pregnancy are much more likely to experience post-natal depression, according to research.
View ArticleYou can’t join NHS post-natal depression support group, you’re too sad
What mother was told by mental health nurse
View ArticleCaesareans ‘raise risk of post-natal depression’ and elective surgery makes...
A woman's risk of post-natal depression increases substantially if she has a Caesarean section, research shows.
View ArticleNurse who killed two sons was ‘let down by NHS workers who failed to spot...
NHS health visitors failed to spot warning signs in a severely depressed woman who murdered her two children before killing herself because they failed to read through her medical file, an inquest...
View ArticleThe mothers with baby blues too scared to see their doctor
One in three fear social workers will use illness to take away their child
View ArticleThe mothers abandoned to postnatal depression
Women often turn to online sources of support because they find that NHS services fall short at a time of great vulnerability
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View Article‘I’d run to the toilet to cry during breaks’:
Loose Women presenter Andrea McLean on how she suffered post-natal depression for three years
View ArticleOlder mothers ‘five times more likely to suffer from depression’– Telegraph
Women in their late thirties and early forties who have recently given birth are more likely to be depressed than younger mothers. This could be down to the higher levels of stress older women go...
View ArticleOlder mothers at ‘greater risk of depression’ due to worrying about...
Anxiety about their own health and that of their babies could leave older mothers open to depression, research suggests. A study of thousands of mothers of children aged five and under found depression...
View ArticlePost-natal depression dads ‘pass on problems to babies’ as they spend less...
It is commonly thought of as a problem affecting mothers. But fathers suffer from post-natal depression, too – some so severely that they could be passing their problems on to their children, according...
View ArticleFathers ‘just as likely to suffer postnatal depression’
The study, published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, found 9.7 per cent of fathers suffer postnatal depression in the first year of their child’s life compared with 9.4 per cent for...
View ArticleMother questioned over deaths of children was suffering depression, friends...
Police have been extra 24-hours to continue questioning Felicia Boots about the deaths of her 10-week-old son Tej and 14-month-old daughter Lily-Syke, whose lifeless bodies were discovered by their...
View ArticleMother remanded over babies’ deaths had suffered earlier tragedy – Telegraph
Felicia Boots’ brother Scott Sinclair committed suicide in his apartment in Toronto, Canada four years ago, neighbours of Mrs Boots’s parents told the Telegraph. On Saturday, Mrs Boots, 34, appeared at...
View ArticleBrother of woman in Wandsworth baby tragedy committed suicide four years ago...
A mother from Wandsworth who has been charged with the murder of her two children suffered a tragedy four years earlier, it has emerged. Felicia Boots’ brother Scott Sinclair committed suicide after...
View ArticleSent to the asylum: The Victorian women locked up because they were suffering...
These days, work stress, postnatal depression and anxiety are addressed with compassion. But just a few generations ago, the women who suffered from these conditions, were confined to an asylum. The...
View ArticleMothers to get ‘named midwife’ under plan to combat postnatal depression |...
Mothers will receive one-to-one care from a named midwife during labour and birth as part of government plans to combat postnatal depression. Women who have a miscarriage or stillbirth and parents who...
View ArticleNHS targets postnatal depression – The Independent
Mothers will receive one-to-one care from a named midwife as part of government plans to combat postnatal depression. Women who have a miscarriage or stillbirth and parents who suffer the death of a...
View ArticleFailure to treat tens of thousands of mothers creating riots generation –...
Neuroscientists and psychiatrists are joining children’s campaigners to outline how a failure to help troubled mothers bond with their babies can stunt the development of the children’s brains. In...
View ArticleVideo: New post-natal depression charity will address ‘huge gap in...
Neuroscientists and psychiatrists are joining children’s campaigners to outline how a failure to help troubled mothers bond with their babies can stunt the development of the children’s brains. The...
View ArticleParenting advice: clips from new NHS videos | guardian.co.uk
Excerpts from videos published by the NHS designed to help new parents through the first five years of their child’s life. The advice includes tips on getting an infant to sleep, how to bath a baby and...
View ArticleHow mothers who stay at home are LESS happy than those who work – and more...
Stay-at-home mothers are not as happy as mothers who are employed, a new study has showed. Gallup found that non-employed mothers in the U.S. experience more negative emotions such as worry, sadness,...
View ArticleCannabis-smoking mother smothered her seven-month-old daughter after...
A psychotic mother smothered her baby after her marriage hit a crisis and she began using cannabis heavily. Carly Jacques developed post-natal depression three months after giving birth, when her...
View ArticleMother illustrates joys of childhood through daily drawings – Telegraph
Angie Stevens began doodling son Gruff shortly after he was born and now two years later she has drawn more than 700 pictures of him and his two older sisters, Millie, 9 and Evie, 4. The 38-year-old...
View Article‘I thought I’d given birth to the Anti-Christ’: Mother tells of traumatic...
A mother has told how she believed her child was the Anti-Christ as she endured traumatic hallucinations after giving birth to her son. Tracy Vicker seemed like the perfect mother – breastfeeding her...
View ArticleBBC News – Postpartum psychosis: Affected parents speak out
Women are more at risk of severe mental illness after giving birth than at any other time in their lives. In the worst cases it can lead to postpartum psychosis, also known as puerperal psychosis, a...
View ArticleBBC News – North Wales mother jailed for attacking daughter, 7
A mother with post-natal depression who attacked her seven-year-old daughter when the girl spilled nail varnish has been jailed for six months. A court at Llandudno heard that the child, who cannot be...
View ArticleAntenatal depression: ‘I cried at my baby’s predicament’| Life and style |...
Alan and I decided to start trying for a baby in February. Having read the militant propaganda, I had pretty much convinced myself that, given our age (38), we were A) biologically past it, or B) it...
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