Understanding Minds: Why Diagnosis Matters
In recent years, conversations about mental health have become more open and normalised. People are seeking help in receiving a diagnosis and exploring treatment options.
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depression
‘Mummies aren’t mean to cry’
These rather poignant words were uttered by a tearful 38 year old woman at my Clinic in Manchester. She was in fact quoting her bewildered youngest child who had found her bawling her eyes out one afternoon when everything just got too much.
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Depressed Mum
Whilst depression amongst new mums is now fairly well acknowledged and understood, mums are expected to ‘grow’ out of it as their baby grows. Yet post-natal depression can persist years – and equally, a new mum can sail through the early years only to suffer depression once her kids start school or become more independent.
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