Petra · @PetraPhoenix
385 followers · 3002 posts · Server mendeddrum.org

2/2 If you have please seek help.
In the UK talk to your midwife or health visitor and make an appointment with your GP. There is most likely help available in your area.
If that is too much, please look at apni.org/ who helped me so much after the birth of my first child. I cannot explain the relief of being able to talk to someone who had been in my position and got better!

Feel free to add toots with helpful links for to places in your country too!

#pnd #postnataldepression

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TrangAston :verified: · @CastlTrAstonDrs
1336 followers · 2673 posts · Server med-mastodon.com

Pre-pregnancy increases the risk of symptoms and is also associated with systemic during . Associations between pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI; kg/m2), Edinburgh Scale (EPDS) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) scores at 28 weeks of gestation.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti

#IDMastodon #obesity #antenatal #depressive #inflammation #pregnancy #postnataldepression

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AutisticMumTo3 She/her · @AutisticMumTo3
126 followers · 2496 posts · Server mastodon.uk.com
The Mental Elf · @Mental_Elf
26 followers · 70 posts · Server masto.ai

“Like being a pretender”: A meta-synthesis of experiences of loneliness in perinatal depression nationalelfservice.net/?p=1697

Francesca Kingston explores experiences of loneliness among women with perinatal depression, reported in a new meta-synthesis published in BMC Psychiatry. 

#loneliness #depression #pregnancy #perinataldepression #postnataldepression #mothers #socialisolation #parenting #qualitative

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The Mental Elf · @Mental_Elf
26 followers · 62 posts · Server masto.ai

Parents’ depression can be linked to children’s emotional difficulties nationalelfservice.net/?p=1706

Lisa Lloyd and Derek Tracy summarise a new paper in the BJPsych, which focuses on parental depression symptoms in both mothers and fathers, and how they are linked with emotional difficulties in their children.

#depression #parenting #perinataldepression #postnataldepression #mothers #fathers #infantmentalhealth #emotionaldifficulties #bjpsych #alspac #networkanalysis

Last updated 1 year ago