Why Postnatal Depression Matters explores the stresses that a modern couple can come under when they have a baby, from exhaustion to media perceptions of motherhood, and offers practical solutions for dealing effectively with depression, in a gentle and positive way.
Previously titled Why Perinatal Depression Matters.
Mia Scotland is a Perinatal Clinical Psychologist and birth doula, working in private practice in the East Midlands, UK. She has been helping mothers deal with birth trauma, perinatal depression and anxiety for more than 20 years. Her particular passion is for the psychology of birth and motherhood, from a biopsychosocial perspective. As well as running her private practice, she teaches birth professionals about the psychology of birth internationally. She has three children, and lives in Melton Mowbray, UK.