Post-adoption depression
Mind reports that 1 in 4 people in the UK experience a mental health problem each year. Around 3 in every 100 people suffer from depression. Despite the large number of people that are affected by it, mental health still seems to be something of a taboo. The traditional British approach is to keep calm […]
Adoption stories : Baby blues
A big thank you to Keri for this wonderfully honest article about post adoption depression. It’s something that happens a lot, but we’re not very good at talking about it. I think Keri’s feelings, particularly about what post-adoption support, will resonate with many of us. I didn’t feel I could contact them, or speak to […]
Mental health: Post-Adoption Depression
I hadn’t heard of post-adoption depression until after our youngest child came home. We didn’t learn about it during any of the assessment process for our eldest. The assessment for our youngest was extremely stressful and didn’t look at anything other than getting the boxes ticked so that we could be approved to bring her […]