Postnatal Depression Awareness Week

Postnatal Depression
Awareness Week
14-20 November 2010
Depression affects one in 11 women
during pregnancy and one in seven after birth.
Help is available and with the right
treatment, you can recover.
Postnatal Depression Awareness Week is 14-20 November.
Help raise awareness and reduce the stigma.
It’s easy to help raise awareness. Sometimes, simple things have the greatest impact
– just talking openly about depression and anxiety helps reduce the stigma.
Find out more and share the facts with your family, friends and
local community.
Order FREE beyondblue Postnatal
Depression information materials online at
www.beyondblue.org.au/resources
or call the info line 1300 22 4636.
Visit www.beyondblue.org.au Call 1300 22 4636 Email infoline@beyondblue.org.au

Postnatal Depression:
the facts
• One in 11 mums will experience
depression during pregnancy.
• One in seven mums will experience
depression in the year following the birth
of their child.
• Postnatal Depression is not the ‘baby
blues’ – it does not go away on its own.
• Having depression and anxiety is not
a normal part of having a baby.
• It’s important to get help early
– talk to your GP or contact
beyondblue on 1300 22 4636 or
infoline@beyondblue.org.au
How you can
become involved
• Organise an event for your workplace, mother’s group or
community group and screen Jessica Rowe’s story on
Postnatal Depression from the beyondblue DVD Stories
of Hope and Recovery.
• Take a look at beyondblue’s new Postnatal Depression
campaign – visit www.beyondblue.org.au during
Postnatal Depression Awareness Week and follow
the links. You can screen the advertisements at your
awareness-raising event, listen to people’s stories and
share your own story.
• Display beyondblue Postnatal Depression awareness
posters on the noticeboard at work.
• Order beyondblue Postnatal Depression information
materials for your colleagues or members of your
community group for display in the tea room or foyer.
• Order beyondblue wristbands for your friends and
colleagues to wear during Postnatal Depression
Awareness Week.
• Use a beyondblue carry bag.
• Put a beyondblue magnet on the fridge in the kitchen
or tea room.
• Encourage your colleagues and mothers’/community
group members to keep active – organise group activities
during lunchtime such as a walk, yoga class or pram stroll.
• Include a link to the beyondblue website on your intranet
and website.
• Include information about Postnatal Depression in
your newsletter.
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Visit www.beyondblue.org.au Call 1300 22 4636 Email infoline@beyondblue.org.au