For Health Professionals

If you have read MY STORY then you will know that I am also a health care professional. Whilst building this website I have researched into the topic of PND and have found some websites that have interesting research or articles regarding PND.  I feel that these would be of more interest to Health care professionals than to women suffering with the illness.  They look more in depth to PND and its possible causes.

I wanted to make this website user friendly for all concerned with PND - sufferers, their families and the health care professionals diagnosing and supporting them.  Please feel free to make suggestions on the site or to contact me.

RESEARCH

 The British Psychological Society RESEARCH - http://www.psychol.ucl.ac.uk/CORE/index.html

PND News & Research Items - http://www.pni.org.uk/

Industry action overdue on postnatal depression, Up the ante, Milk contamination?, What's the prognosis?  - http://www.bioportfolio.com/news/datamonitor_13.htm

PND articles to order -

http://www.healthinfo4u.org/results_pages/Postnatal_Depression-1.html

Hot Topics. Psychological Effects of EMF. Pre and Post Natal Depression in Proximity to High Voltage Power Lines - http://www.pni.org.uk/arcpage/Pre%20and%20Post%20Natal%20Depression%20in%20Proximity%20to%20High%20Voltage% 20Power%20Lines.htm

Leave baby to cry... and beat post-natal blues .Letting baby cry is good if it's done in a controlled way, according to researchers. It also helps with post-natal depression - http://www.pni.org.uk/arcpage/Leave%20baby%20to%20cry___%20and%20beat%20post-natal%20blues%20-%20MAY%2020,%202002.htm

PND TRAINING

Training in the detection and treatment of postnatal depression -  www.pndtraining.co.uk

PND training - http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/health_promotion/resources/training_courses/08.html

PND IN GENERAL

Postnatal Depression and Puerperal Psychosis The Guideline and Quick Reference Guide are available to download in Acrobat pdf format, Key to evidence statements and grades of recommendations, Introduction , Diagnosis, screening and prevention ,Management , Prescribing issues in pregnancy and lactation , Implementation and audit ,Information for parents and carers ,Development of the guideline - http://www.sign.ac.uk/pdf/qrg60.pdf

Post-natal depression: Women may lash out - http://www.pni.org.uk/arcpage/Postnatal%20depression%20Women%20may%20lash%20out%20-%20AUG%2020,%202002.htm

SCOTTISH MOTHERS AND FAMILIES TO BENEFIT FROM POST-NATAL DEPRESSION GUIDELINE Cultural change required to de-stigmatise suffering and improve treatment -http://www.pni.org.uk/arcpage/Scottish%20mothers%20and%20families%20to%20benefit%20from%20postnatal%20depression%20guideline.htm

DIAGNOSIS

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) - http://www.childbirthsolutions.com/articles/postpartum/epds/index.php

Test for post natal depression - http://www.pni.org.uk/arcpage/BBC%20News%20%20HEALTH%20%20Test%20for%20post%20natal%20depression.htm 

TREATMENTS

Oestrogens and progestogens for preventing and treating postnatadepression (Cochrane   Review) http://www.update-software.com/abstracts/ab001690.htm

Antidepressant treatment for post-natal depression (Cochrane Review) - http://www.pni.org.uk/arcpage/Antidepressant%20treatment%20for%20postnatal%20depression%20(Cochrane%20Review).htm

PRACTICE

 General Information, Evidence Based Practice, Effectiveness of Health Visitor Intervention, Research , Support, Statistics, Projects/Initiatives, Conferences, Bibliographic Information

http://www.msfcphva.org/clinipracissues/clipraispostnatdep.html