How one woman's traumatic experience drove her investigation into pregnancy and mental health

  • Written by: Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
How one woman's traumatic experience drove her investigation into pregnancy and mental healthMacierzynstwo (Motherhood) - Stanisław Wyspiański (1905)Wikimedia commons

Years ago, a friend told me how, a week or two after giving birth, she had been gripped by the idea that her baby had been abducted by aliens. Hearing this, I was astonished. My friend was a smart, well-grounded, rational woman – a medical doctor, in fact. And...

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