The terrible effects of postnatal depression I know all too well the consequences of the failure to properly treat this mental illness I have never suffered from postnatal depression. Many mothers do – according to a report by the Maternal Mental Health alliance this week, up to 20% of women experience mental health problems in pregnancy or the first 12 months after birth. That’s a shocking figure – not merely because of the huge number of women involved. It’s the corrosive consequences trickling down the generations. As anybody who has read my memoir The Scent of Dried Roses knows, I am a lifelong sufferer from depressive illness. I have spent many years trying to work out why, and I have come up with many possible explanations. To date the most convincing one I can find is that my mother unwittingly “gave” it to me. Possibly through her genes, but more likely through the tragedy of her own postnatal depression. theguardian/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/24/terrible-effects-postnatal-depression-mental-illness?CMP=fb_gu
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:00:10 +0000
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