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What can be done to help mothers who experience mental illness during and after pregnancy?

Hosted by: Isabelle Bannerman

Worldwide, one in ten pregnant women and 13 per cent of women who have just given birth experience a mental disorder, primarily depression.

But this is rarely talked about, in science or society. There is a lack of data to guide treatment because pregnant women are an under-researched group. Yet the effects of depression and other disorders during pregnancy and after birth have a significant impact on outcomes for babies.

Have you experienced depression or other mental health issues during and after pregnancy, or know someone who went through this? We’d like to hear from you!

From the article Treating mental illness in pregnancy ‘still a grey area’


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adreja42
adreja42

Switzerland is an awful place as a new mother. Austria was faaar better.

disec70919
disec70919

Many women refuse to take responsibility for their actions.

As a mother of 3 and a full time lawyer I can easily say that all of us are responsible for our well being. Learn to take the right vitamins, adjust your diet, have a positive mind set, work out and your chances of having any health issues are close to zero.

Read a bit about placebo and nocebo. Thinking negatively will bring you illness

bepemib106
bepemib106

Forget monthers with mental issues. How about grandmothers with teeth problems? Not being able to eat properly is worst than sometimes being sad or weird. Help the grannies first.

asesow
asesow

Go see the doctor. You have an insurance.

Mothers with problems are no different than children or men with problems. If the problem is medical use your insurance and see what the doctor says.

Practical Medicine
Practical Medicine
The following contribution has been automatically translated from ZH.

Postpartum depression is not a mental symptom, it is an altered mental state due to physical changes, and I can convincingly explain everything related to it.

产后抑郁并非精神症状,是由于身体变化导致的精神状态的改变,我可以令人信服的解释清楚与此有关的所有一切问题。

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