Postnatal depression: detection and treatment

Dr Terri Foran and Professor Philip Boyce discuss the warning signs and lasting impact.

In this episode:

• What’s new in the research into postnatal depression
• The subtle signs that might indicate postnatal depression in a new mother
• The intergenerational impact of postnatal depression

Host: Dr Terri Foran, sexual health physician; Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Women’s and Children’s Health, UNSW

Guest: Philip Boyce, professor of psychiatry; Head of Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Sydney; Head of Perinatal Psychiatry Clinical Research Unit, Westmead Hospital

Total time: 18 mins

Recommended Resources:

• COPE – Centre of Perinatal Excellence: Australian Perinatal Guidelines
• Beyond Blue – Pregnancy 
• PANDA Perinatal Anxiety and depression in Australia
• Overcoming Baby Blues