www.number10.gov.uk/Page18412
This is the response the govt has laid out to a petition requesting more substantial care for the sufferers of PND and their families.
Maybe i have misunderstood this, but it would seem to me that the only additional thing they are proposing is to extend the amount of time new mums are visited by midwives and HVs.
They do not seem to be providing the SPECIALIST professionals that are required to recognise and organise treatment that women so desperately need. No mention of faster access to counselling or CBT. No specialist HVs and no apparent support for partners.
I had PND that wasn't diagnosed until my DD was 2. This was despite my HV informing me on her second visit to me after doing the new mums questionaire that i was in danger of becoming clinically depressed. That she would be back the next week - i didn't see her again!! Although on the occasion i did see her, she told me my life would be easier if i were to spend sundays doing cooking for the freezer and how she always used to cook up casseroles to freeze etc . I feel that my PND got much worse than it would have done if it were recognised early and treated promptly. My DD is 3.5 now and im still on medication, i nearly lost my partner due to the pressure of it all, im still in counselling and only just considering reducing the dosage of my anti-depressants. So, for me, having further exposure to HV would have been a waste of time. I have read too many similar posts on here to think i am an exception to this rule.
I am disappointed by the response actually, but not altogether surprised - again, mental health, especially women's mental health seems to be at the bottom of the pile .
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To think that this simply isn't enough (regarding post natal depression)
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LucyEllensmummy · 26/02/2009 20:32
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