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Troubled With Postpartum Bipolar Disorder? Expert Shares Tips To Manage

2025-04-14 - 2025-04

Society often places unrealistic expectations on mothers to be perfect caregivers. This stigma can prevent women from seeking the help they need. It’s essential to open doors for candid conversations around postpartum mental health.

Postpartum is often painted as a joyful yet challenging period for new mothers. However, for some women, this phase can bring in intense mood swings, erratic energy levels, and periods of depression or mania—symptoms associated with Postpartum Bipolar Disorder (PPBD).

PPBD is a mood disorder that emerges during or after pregnancy. Unlike the baby blues or even postpartum depression, it involves episodes of mania and depression. Mania may manifest as heightened energy levels, reduced need for sleep, and impulsive decision-making, while depression can bring on feelings of hopelessness, fatigue, and an inability to bond with the baby.

Our expert, Dr Ruchi Srivastav, Senior Consultant in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Sharda Care Hospital, Noida, sheds light on this under-discussed condition and offers practical strategies to cope. Explaining the condition she explains, “PPBD is caused by a combination of hormonal shifts, genetic predispositions, and psychological stress.” Let’s understand its symptoms and tips to manage.

UK riots led to deterioration in asylum seekers’ mental health, says report

2025-04-15 - 2025-04

Last summer’s riots, which took place after the murder of three girls at a Southport dance class, led to a deterioration in the mental health of asylum seekers, with many becoming fearful of walking down the street in case they were targeted by far-right protesters, according to a report.

The report from the Mental Health Foundation, published on Tuesday, identified a decline in the mental health of asylum seekers as a result of the civil unrest and attacks on hotels, compared with the state of their mental health when they published a similar report in February 2024.

Mark Rowland, the chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation, said: “One key development since our last report has been that the racist riots of summer 2024 had a terrible impact on the mental health of many people seeking asylum in UK. Some people told us they were scared to leave their accommodation, risking increased isolation, and others said they feared they’d be attacked walking down the street just because of the colour of their skin.”

'Sunshine Guilt' Leads To Summertime Sadness For Nearly Half Of Americans — Which States Suffer The Most

2025-04-16 - 2025-04

We’re all familiar with the negative, depressive emotions that come during the colder, darker months of the year. Typically, we think of the summer months as being the literal rays of sunshine that cut through the emotional gray of winter.

However, a recent TikTok trend has led people to share their feelings regarding “sunshine guilt,” or feelings of guilt and depression that occur during the summer. Forbes Health conducted a survey to determine just how prevalent this sunshine guilt is.

Sunshine guilt or experiencing depression and other negative symptoms during the summer is not uncommon.
Forbes Health surveyed 2,000 “general population Americans” to determine how bad symptoms of sunshine guilt were. 48% of participants admitted to having negative mental health symptoms at some point during the summer, with the most typical being anxiety, stress, problems sleeping, and depression.

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Troubled With Postpartum Bipolar Disorder? Expert Shares Tips To Manage

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