Category " Postnatal Illness"

Sometime last year I was approached by www.exclusivetv.co.uk, who were making a documentary about teenage mothers who suffer with postnatal depression. I helped by sharing some of my knowledge and experience around the subject and also helped them to find some other people who had been affected. They were  ‘making an hour-long documentary for BBC […]

I have just seen a clip of Ben Affleck accepting his Oscar for best film. Whilst referring to his early success with the Oscar-winning Good Will Hunting, he said: “I never thought I would be back here and I am because of so many of you who are here tonight.” He added: “It doesn’t matter […]

If you are involved in perinatal mental health, you may be interested in this coming event on Monday 22 April 2013 at Hallam Conference Centre, London ‘Chaired by Elaine Hanzak, Survivor of Postnatal Depression and Author of Eyes without Sparkle: a Journey through Postnatal Illness, this conference focuses on improving the quality and outcomes of […]

It was good to see the announcement this week by Dan Poulter, Minister for Health, that £25 million is to be made available to improve maternity wards and give more support to new parents.  See the report here Of course I applaud this; every move forward must always be viewed as positively as possible. Yet at […]

On May 9th this year I remember reading the shocking news of a mother who had apparently killed her two babies, aged 14 months and 9 weeks. At the time, the speculation was that it was due to her suffering from postnatal depression. This week the case came to court and this was confirmed – […]