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Postnatal depression

May 2024

  • Devi Sridhar

    Why does postnatal care only last a few weeks? New data shows it should be years

    Devi Sridhar
    Finally, a report has listed the long-term health complications for women worldwide, says Devi Sridhar of the University of Edinburgh

December 2023

  • Mother sitting pensively with baby asleep on her chest - posed by models

    Dire state of maternal mental health care is having a devastating impact on families

    Letter: We wouldn’t expect someone to wait 19 months for life-saving surgery, so why is it acceptable for people with mental illness to wait that long for treatment, asks Dr Cressida Manning

November 2023

  • Odilia Nanninga-van Wassenaer and her child Dante.

    Euro visions
    A home help for eight days after giving birth? Why Dutch maternity care is the envy of the world

  • Miguel Macias with his daughter Olivia.

    I kept depression at bay by having time to myself. So how do I do that now I’m a father?

    Miguel Macias

September 2023

  • Four women sit in a group talking

    ‘I had got to a dark place’: project helps mothers in Wales cope with life after birth

  • A pregnant woman holds an ultrasound image

    Sharp rise in wait times for perinatal mental health care in England

August 2023

  • Eleanor de Jong

    Having bipolar made my pregnancy ‘high risk’. But all mothers deserve an elevated level of care

    Eleanor de Jong
    Pregnancy comes with mental health risk for all women. And so many of us downplay our own needs and wants once a baby is on the scene

May 2023

  • ‘I did not feel cut out for the task of mothering’ … Rowan Hisayo Buchanan.

    A moment that changed me
    A moment that changed me: I was in my 20s and depressed – then my mother moved into my bed

  • Illustration showing a new father with postnatal depression at his child’s crib

    ‘I didn’t even know men could get it’: the hidden impact of male postnatal depression

April 2023

  • It’s been estimated that around 10% of new fathers suffer from depression in the first year after the birth of their child.

    Tell us: are you a man who has experienced postnatal depression?

    We would be interested in speaking to men who have experienced postnatal depression

October 2022

  • Portrait of Elizabeth Sankey and her son

    ‘I was in a horror film, unsafe. And the person I was in danger from was me’: the truth about severe postpartum anxiety

    Days after my baby was born, I was overwhelmed by raw terror. Soon, my son and I were living in a specialist unit. This is what I learned

August 2022

  • ‘I don’t know what triggered that moment of rage’ … Monisha Rajesh

    A moment that changed me
    A moment that changed me: I smashed my toddler’s toy kitchen to smithereens and knew I needed help

    Most new parents are made aware of postnatal depression and the symptoms to look out for. But nobody mentions the rage, which I experienced during lockdown

July 2022

  • Marianne Levy shot for OM

    Self and wellbeing
    ‘I’m lovingly angry’: Marianne Levy on why mothers are expected to suffer in silence

    A new memoir brings humour to the everyday pain of pregnancy and motherhood. By Emma Beddington

April 2022

  • Melissa Arbuckle is holding an icecream and smiling

    Melbourne woman avoids jail for killing baby by laying her on railway tracks

    Melissa Arbuckle pleaded guilty to infanticide over daughter’s death and was released on adjourned undertaking for three years

February 2022

  • Maxine-Laurie Marshall in June 2020

    A moment that changed me
    A moment that changed me: having a baby in lockdown nearly broke me – but it made me face my depression

    After my son was born, I lost the ability to cope. But seeking help opened my eyes to other issues I had long silently lived with

January 2022

  • Joanna Leach

    Guardian angel
    ‘She’s an inspiration to every mum’: the postnatal depression survivor offering new mothers a lifeline

    A local support network helped Jo Leach overcome PND – now she’s a key part of it, and thoroughly deserving of a little pampering

November 2021

  • Dehradun, Uttarakhand/India - August 01 2020:Poor Indian women with her child.<br>2CFE7HF Dehradun, Uttarakhand/India - August 01 2020:Poor Indian women with her child.

    Opinion
    I got help for postnatal depression that saved me. Most women in India do not

    Priyali Sur in New Delhi
    With up to one in five new mothers suffering depression or psychosis, experts say the need for help is ‘overwhelming’ India
  • Brooke Shields: ‘I feel more empowered now than I ever did.’

    The G2 interview
    Brooke Shields on child stardom, sexualisation and nailing comedy: ‘It’s not in my nature to be a victim’

    From Hollywood movies to naked photoshoots, the actor spent much of her youth in projects that now look more than a little creepy. She talks about her alcoholic mother, her new romcom and the happiness she has found in her 50s
  • Digital illustration of hand holding mobile phone up out of a field of yellow flowers , with blue skies and mountains behind

    ‘I sniffed out good news like a bloodhound’: how I broke my doomscrolling habit

    Fed up of looking at endless gloom on her phone, one writer decided to ‘joyscroll’ instead

April 2021

  • Mother and baby

    Most new mothers say NHS six-week checks fail to focus on their health

    Survey finds appointments – required of GPs in England – are often mainly or equally about baby’s health
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