Thank you to the Public Health Wales Nursing & Midwifery Team for inviting me to speak at your annual conference today🙏 #InternationalNursesDay#IND2026
Today is World Materrnal Mental Health Day. We acknowledge the emotional challenges that parents may face during pregnancy and childbirth. 1 in 5 women experience perinatal mood or anxiety disorders and yet 7 in 10 hide or downplay their symptoms. Let's support mothers.
Postpartum depression is often missed, & not all cases look the same.
A new study in @BMJMentalHealth shows AI can help: by analysing clinical notes, researchers identified 30% more PPD cases beyond diagnosis codes alone, revealing distinct subtypes with different needs.
Earlier detection = better, more personalised care
Link: https://t.co/liwXU5GMBn
Authors:
Prakash Adekkanattu, Veer Vekaria, Yiye Zhang, Braja Gopal Patra, Priscilla Liang, Marianne Sharko, Natalie Benda, Meghan Reading Turchioe, Andrea Temkin- Yu, Alison Hermann, Jyotishman Pathak
@Columbia
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Ruben, who was diagnosed with trichotillomania 10 years ago, said at his lowest point he pulled out most of the hairs on his eyebrows
https://t.co/2zH9Wr4Beb
Feeling lots of guilt today. Memories have cropped up from this time five years ago when my daughter and I were staying in a Mother and Baby Unit after I became suicidal.
The unit was incredible and helped me so much, but the mum guilt of being so ill hasn’t really gone away.
Mother and Baby Unit is a specialized inpatient psychiatric facility allowing mothers to receive treatment for severe mental health issues (such as postpartum psychosis or severe depression) while remaining with their infants.
This BBC article shares a lived experience of Postpartum mental health difficulties.
https://t.co/2H8nI36clc
@DrAnnieHickox I spent many years feeling like I had failed as a mother because postnatal depression had robbed me of what I felt must be good attachment.
I worked hard to try to remedy that when better.
So I am always very careful when discussing this, knowing women will feel guilty
@deli_tracey@KrysiaJ We are flying to Glasgow, then Glasgow to Heathrow tomorrow. No seats available to Heathrow when we tried on Monday. We decided anywhere in the Uk would do!
It’s a common misconception that health visitors just weigh babies. 👩🍼
In fact, their work goes far beyond initial growth assessments & encompasses a holistic, family-focussed package of support.
#HealthVisitingMakingADifference
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👩🍼 From pregnancy, through the early years, health visitors are there for families, helping children get the best possible start in life!
This week, we're celebrating all the amazing work they do in Wales.
#HealthVisitingMakingADifference
All mothers, babies and families have the right to safe, high‑quality care.
The national oversight of maternity services will be strengthened across Wales as part of our 3 year improvement programme.
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https://t.co/mQVXDizbuu
Well done to Sam Thompson for talking about his experience. Traumatic birth affects the wider family, not just the woman and her partner. https://t.co/JpGNpOwqV7