Sign inPostnatal Illness / Depression
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has a leaflet on Postnatal Depression.
Antenatal and postnatal mental health
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Post Natal Depression
Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Trust provide a range of self help guides, including one on this topic.
Medicine Guide for Post Natal Depression
Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.
Association for Post-Natal Illness
Provide support to mothers suffering from post-natal illness.
APP - Action Postpartum Psychosis
APP is a network of women across the UK who have experienced postpartum psychosis and who want to increase public awareness and research into the condition. APP is run by a team made up of academics, health professionals and women who have recovered from PP.
Veritee's Post Natal Illness Web Site
A self help & mutual support site for Sufferers and Survivors of Post Natal Illness and Post Natal Depression. As well as support for women with PNI/PND the forum offers mutual support for partners, husbands and helpers of women with PNI.The site was set up by a survivor of PNI an her husband.
Understanding Post Natal Depression
The website also carries details of a 40 minute video, produced Liz Wise (a specialist PND counsellor) to answer the need for up to date information on this debilitating condition.The video not only carries detailed information from a psychiatrist, a health visitor and a GP, but also a section from recovered parents themselves explaining their own journeys through this condition.
Post Natal Depression
Information from the Mental Health Foundation.
Postnatal Depression
Information from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Post Natal Depression Support Network
A project in Aberdeenshire offering a service to women and their families and friends who are experiencing post natal depression who may require extra support and help. They provide information, support and help via their website, forum, face to face contact, email, sms text & telephone.
Mental Health Care
Website with information for family members and friends of people who have psychosis, based on the results of research carried out to learn more about the causes of psychosis and to develop better treatments or improve existing ones.
Postnatal depression
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.