Tag: PTSD

The First International Fathers’ Mental Health Day is on Monday 20th June.

  The first ever International Fathers’ Mental Health Day will take place on Monday 20th June 2016 to raise awareness of postnatal depression (PND), antenatal anxiety and childbirth trauma experienced by men. Mark Williams, who suffered all three after becoming a father and subsequently founded Fathers Reaching Out and Reaching Out Positive Mental Health explains: […]

Dads can suffer from postnatal depression too … but they just don’t admit it’

Today I’m delighted to have Mark Williams as my guest writer raising awareness of depression in fathers. It follows on from his article in today’s Daily Mirror http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/dads-can-suffer-postnatal-depression-6248796#ICID=sharebar_facebook Here is Mark’s story. ‘The birth of a couple’s first child is billed as one of the happiest moments in their life. But, for thousands of women […]