I've just watched it.
It was hard, I was there voluntarily for 8 months after ds was born. Never had a MH issue before then crashing PND that rendered me unable to do practically anything. I was on lots of medication while pregnant and one of the side effects was depression.
It looks much smarter now than 18 years ago, and there were no cots or a nursery the babies slept in prams in the lounge area.
I used to wish I had psychosis because mothers used to come in and literally be seeing things and within a couple of weeks with the right meds they were back to normal where with me it took a loooooong time.
Techniques seems to be the same, ward rounds for medication and doing everything to build and encourage a bond between mum and baby. I FINALLY got a big rush of love for da at 3 months,I remember it now. I envy people who get that at birth,it must be incredible.
A couple of things stood out on the programme,Catherine was very poorly the day she overdosed, she looked poorly,had no make up on which even her dh commented on and even she said she didn't think the ward round went well. The unit is tiny,or it was when I was there, there are only 12 mums and babies ,there are doctors and nurses and nursery nurses surely that would've set off alarm bells with the staff? I remember myself feeling that to get any help and convey just how bad I was feeling I'd need to run around naked with my knickers on my head before anyone took any notice!!
One of the staff there told me to look after my baby myself at night as who else did I think was going to do it! In my care plan it said I was to take tablets as sleep was important for my recovery. My family put in a big complaint and she wasn't allowed to be my nurse again- thank God! I'd like to say that was an isolated case but one of the locum doctors told me to stop crying as people would lose sympathy. Fucking hell ,that was a low day 
Mostly though the staff were nice BUT it was a sticking plaster to get you able to look after your baby and out the door. There were meds but no therapy,I had to seek my own private counselling to deal with birth trauma years later.
Coming out was hard as I only had my GP and I was lucky as I had a good HV. My GP wouldn't prescribe sleeping tablets even though the unit said I had to be on them for at least 6 months . My HV got me an appt with my local MH team and the psychiatrist rolled his eyes and said there was no problem at all with writing me a prescription. I could've done without that a week after coming out of hospital!
I felt for Lisa on the programme, she wasn't well enough imo to be home, she was practically dropping the baby at one point on the sofa she was so medicated and tired, what do people do if they haven't got family? She could hardly keep her eyes open, the poor woman. As she said "It's so crap."Aube there was a lot more outside help than was shown on the programme?
I haven't had a relapse since but I am very aware of keeping well mentally. I've been VERY fortunate not to have to work as dh is a high earner, I am just about thinking about a part time job as I think I could cope with it now as ds is flying the nest. The thought terrifies me though!
We didn't have and more children as neither of us could cope if it happened again and I was in the unit with people who had issues with multiple births so that really put me off. Also I saw women break their hearts in there for older children who were at home and I didn't want to do that to ds.
Urghhhh,sorry that was an outpouring!
I asked she if he wanted to watch it and he said absolutely not. I didn't realise until years after how hard it had been on him too.
Ds is amazing and I look at him now and can't believe I managed it tbh