Category " Research"

One of my regular clients asked me to research and present a keynote on ‘Postnatal depression and its effects on breastfeeding’. I found it to be fascinating and discovered all the relevant research and theory around it. I have delivered it successfully five times in the last couple of months. It has also meant that […]

Since my book Eyes without Sparkle – a journey through postnatal illness’ was published in 2005, I have had the honour of being asked to be on a number of live national (and international) television programmes speaking about postnatal illness and mental health. Many people ask me if I get nervous. I confess that I […]

I only arrived home after midnight on Wednesday night so was extremely ‘lacking in energy’, as Clive would have said. Yet I was buzzing! So I had a drink and faffed around for a while. Finally as I slid into bed I knew I had to set my alarm for a conference call at 9 […]

This morning I felt honoured to be welcomed into a meeting for the Perinatal Psychology Special Interest Group of the British Psychological Society. The group aims are here http://www.bps.org.uk/ppsig/ppsig_home.cfm The purpose of the meeting was to look at the NICE guidelines on antenatal and postnatal mental health http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/CG45 As it is two years since these […]

Thank you to Jill from Mental Health in Higher Education for the following information Have a look around the New Ways of Working website: http://www.newwaysofworking.org.uk/ One bit I was very pleased to see was • Service users and carers should be actively involved in the development and delivery of training and education, and as partners […]