Media Releases & Articles |
CARING MUMS IN THE AGE NEWSPAPER! The Caring Mums program was featured in The Age online edition on February 25th 2018! | CARING MUMS ON ABC RADIO Our Caring Mums volunteer, Ellie Smorgon, and mum, Shannon, were featured on ABC Radio 774 on February 28th 2018! |
MATRESCENCE: A NEW WAY TO THINK ABOUT THE TRANSITION TO MOTHERHOOD - ALEXANDRA SACKS When a baby is born, so is a mother, but the natural (and sometimes unsteady) process of transition to motherhood is often silenced by shame or misdiagnosed as postpartum depression. In this quick, informative talk, reproductive psychiatrist Alexandra Sacks breaks down the emotional tug-of-war of becoming a new mother, and shares a term that could help describe it: matrescence. |
RAISING AWARENESS OF POSTNATAL DEPRESSION IN MENChannel 9: father of two Israel Smith and Associate Professor Dr Richard Fletcher from the 'Fathers and Families Research Program' at the University of Newcastle discuss why we should be bringing more attention to postnatal depression in men. |