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Article: Men to get NHS counselling for 'postnatal depression'
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- The Sunday Telegraph London
- Article date:
- August 24, 2003
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MEN ARE to receive counselling for postnatal depression on the
National Health Service. The first help group for fathers with the
condition, previously thought to affect only mothers, will open this
autumn.
Proponents of the service last week declared it a long overdue
step towards an inclusive, caring society, while critics condemned it
as the most absurd example of political correctness.
The service, "Fathers Matter", will be run in Basildon, Essex, by
the South Essex Partnership NHS Trust and will be funded by a pounds
3,500 grant from the Queen's Nursing Institute, a charity which
supports community health projects.
From October, all new fathers in the town will be handed leaflets ...