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Article: Hope for the mums whose life are so sadly blighted; For some new mums, postnatal depression makes the arrival of a baby a trauma rather than a joy. Now a new study with its roots in Huddersfield, offers some hope.(News)
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- Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
- Article date:
- January 21, 2009
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THE arrival of a new baby should be a time for joy but for some mothers it signals a spiral into paralysing despair.
An estimated one in 10 women are suspected to suffer from postnatal depression - bringing misery to themselves and to their families.
As the illness progresses, the symptoms of some women became increasingly severe and result in a nervous breakdown.
It's a cycle that has proved difficult to break.
But now a study with its roots in Huddersfield is offering some hope.
The new research concludes that providing new ...