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Article: Health people: Celebrity sick note; Feeling a bit off colour? Take heart - there's always someone out there suffering too. Take this chart of celebrity illnesses to your GP and point out your symptoms...(Features)
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- The People (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 16, 2003
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Post-natal Depression
Celebrity sufferer: Sadie Frost, 37
What is it? A common problem, believed to affect one in 10 women. Usually it begins in the six weeks following birth, but it can occur months or even a year later.
Sadie's problem: Since her son Rudy's birth last September, Sadie has suffered a severe bout of depression and had to check into a London clinic for intensive counselling.
The symptoms: "If you are feeling weepy and low, it's probably baby blues," explains Diane Nehme, secretary of the Association for Post-natal Illness. "But if you start having ...