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Bethany Hackshall

Oct 24, 2026

1:55
That's
1:56
right.
1:56
And look, it is really common.
1:58
Perinatal depression and anxiety actually affects one in five mums and one in 10 dads.
2:02
It's about 100,000 Australian families every year being affected.
2:06
It is a very treatable illness with the right support.
2:09
And there's a lot of discussion, obviously, about the baby blues.
5:41
hypothetically someone's just had a baby they're not feeling good where where is the starting point like how do they know because there's so much going on often they might just think i'm just fatigued i'm exhausted i've had a i've got a you know complicated pregnancy so where is what are some of those starting points please
25:37
isolation but what why is do we still have this stigma and why isn't it that that this is just almost assumed that there is a high potential of this happening to a woman and so with these these support mechanisms are put into place even before you know it's part of their perinatal support moving forward
25:56
That's right.
25:57
And look, it is really common.
25:58
Perinatal depression and anxiety actually affects one in five mums and one in 10 dads.
26:02
It's about 100,000 Australian families every year being affected.
26:06
It is a very treatable illness with the right support.
26:09
And there's a lot of discussion, obviously, about the baby blues.
29:55
So what are some of those starting points, please?

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