Under new government plans, mothers-to-be will receive one to one care from a named midwife in a bid to reduce levels of postnatal depression. Under the plans, health workers will receive additional training that will help them to identify any early signs of postnatal depression. The current system could mean that a pregnant women see’s read more »

A study of Canadian women has revealed that women who have children later on in life could be up to five times more likely to develop depression than women who have children at a younger age.  The study in question involved asking women who had given birth during the past five years if they had read more »

Many mothers affected by postnatal depression (PND) are left feeling unsupported by health services and turn to online sources to provide them with much needed support. A postnatal depression scale questionnaire carried out by 4Children in Edinburgh has revealed that up to 35,000 women each year battle postnatal depression without receiving a diagnosis or any read more »

Post-natal depression is a condition which is heavily associated with new mothers, of whom one in seven are estimated to suffer from the illness. However, whats to say that new fathers are not equally as susceptible to the condition as new mothers? According to the Fatherhood Institute, one in every 10 fathers experience depression before read more »

With 25 per cent of new mothers suffering from postnatal depression, the condition is something that many associate exclusively with women, but what about all of the new fathers out there? In the past, most of the research concerning postnatal depression has focussed mainly on women and its impact on them. However, there is now read more »

According to a recent British and US study which has been published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, the psychological effects of losing an unborn baby can last for a period of years. The study of 13,000 women tracked the progress of around 14,000 children born in the 1990s and their parents. The results of read more »

A new study has found that parents risk of depression is highest in their child’s first year, reports BBC News. The study included almost 87,000 couples from the UK and involved following their medical records from when they had their child to when their child turned 12. During that period the researchers saw 39 percent read more »

A report has revealed that new mums who receive psychological support from health visitors who have received additional training are less likely to develop post-natal depression. The report details a study which was conducted by teams from Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield universities and involved following more than 2,000 women following childbirth. All participants came from read more »