Men behaving sadlypop
Depression is an illness that affects both men and women. But people working in mental health services see far fewer men with depression than women with depression. It seems likely that men suffer from depression just as
often as women, but that they are less likely to ask for help. This leaflet gives some basic facts about depression in
general ? and how it affects men in particular.
URL: http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinformation/mentalhealthproblems/depression/menbehavingsadly.aspx
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Mental Illness after Childbirth
Professionals tend to refer to this group of illnesses as "puerperal psychoses". "Puerperal" means the six weeks after having a baby and "psychosis" a serious mental illness. So "Puerperal psychosis" means a serious mental illness, developing in a woman shortly after she has given birth. This is often a shock, because there is no obvious reason why it should happen - it's not that the baby was unwanted, or that the pregnancy or birth were complicated or, as a rule, that there is anything wrong with the baby.
URL: http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinformation/mentalhealthproblems/postnatalmentalhealth/afterchildbirth.aspx
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