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Action on Puerperal Psychosis
Information, sources of help and links relating to puerperal psychosis, newsletter and network of women who are interested in taking part in research projects.
URL: http://www.neuroscience.bham.ac.uk/research/app/
(Added: 14-Jun-2001 Hits: 4167)

eMedicine Health: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling mental illness. It is actually a group of psychological disorders in which people may have delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized or catatonic behavior.
URL: http://www.emedicinehealth.com/schizophrenia/article_em.htm
(Added: 2-Sep-2004 Hits: 3449)

Men behaving sadly pop
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
(Added: 26-Mar-2000 Hits: 9096)

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
(Added: 26-Mar-2000 Hits: 2332)

Post Natal Depression
Post-Natal Depression (now often referred to as 'PND') means becoming depressed after having a baby. Sometimes this is easy to explain - the baby is unwanted or abnormal. Mostly, though, the depression makes no obvious sense: 'I was so looking forward to having this baby, and now I feel utterly miserable. What's the matter with me?'
URL: http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinformation/mentalhealthproblems/postnatalmentalhealth/postnataldepression.aspx
(Added: 26-Mar-2000 Hits: 1817)

Real Men, Real Depression
Researchers estimate that more than six million men in the United States have a depressive disorder ? about one-third of all adults living with depression in any given year. However, men are less likely than women to recognize, acknowledge, and seek treatment for their depression. In addition, their loved ones and even their physicians may not always detect depressive symptoms in men.
URL: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/depression/men-and-depression/
(Added: 3-Apr-2004 Hits: 2795)

The Postpartum Stress Center
A Support and Counseling Service for Postpartum Stress Syndrome, PPD, Postpartum Depression, Prenatal Depression and Pregnancy Loss.
URL: http://www.postpartumstress.com/
(Added: 23-Jul-2000 Hits: 1874)

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