The day I brought Rosie domestic – born two months early – I fell apart. Why are mental-health support services at neonatal units still so destitute?Only once in my life have I left a doctor’s surgery clutching a prescription for antidepressants. It wasn’t when I had cancer,or when I was bereaved. In fact, it was at a time when you might have thought I’d be on top of the world, and because my husband and I had just brought our eldest daughter domestic from hospital after she’d pulled through,against the odds, having being born two months before she was due. Related: NHS neonatal intensive care units 'stretched to breaking point' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com