Category " ‘Eyes without Sparkle – a journey through postnatal illness’"

It was 20 years ago, on 17th January 2005, that my first book ‘Eyes without sparkle – a journey through postnatal illness’ was published. It seems appropriate to mark the occasion by reflecting on some of the key changes since then – professionally, personally and also for perinatal mental health. My original profession had been […]

Making a positive difference to the lifelong mental health effects of the perinatal period  We all work towards every pregnancy, birth and postnatal period to be as healthy and happy as possible for all involved. That isn’t always the reality, especially regarding mental health. The Royal College of Midwifery recently published ‘Strengthening Perinatal Mental Health […]

I always like to keep up with any new information on the illness I developed after having my son in 1996 – puerperal psychosis. This new paper on the subject is very useful. Postpartum psychosis: A proposed treatment algorithm – Chaitra Jairaj, Gertrude Seneviratne, Veerle Bergink, Iris E Sommer, Paola Dazzan, 2023 (sagepub.com) Click on […]

On 4th August I turned 60 years of age. It has been a wonderful celebration and prompted me to make some changes in my life as I start my next decade.  I’d love to share these with you. Firstly, I’ll share how we celebrated the occasion. Mike, my husband, and I headed to Yorkshire for […]

I had an exhibition table at the 5th annual iHV Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (PIMH) conference  on Monday 19th June. It followed Infant Mental Health Awareness Week  and was on International Fathers’ Mental Health Day 2023. Here is an outline of the day with links that I hope you find useful. It was wonderful […]