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Depression and fatherhood: how can we support new dads? 

Debra
It is being understood increasingly that fathers may develop mental health conditions, including depression, around the birth of a baby. In this article Holly Christina Smith, Research Fellow in Perinatal Mental Health with Dr Patricia Schartau, academic clinical lecturer in primary care and Professor Irene Petersen, Professor of Epidemiology and......
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Cut adrift: Pandemic leaves 16,000 pregnant women and new mothers without mental health support

Paul
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Up to 1 in 5 women will experience mental health problems in pregnancy or after birth and two thirds of women will hide or underplay their illness. These figures can only be expected to have been exacerbated by the impact of Covid-19 and yet new research by the Royal College......