A friend with a young baby has been feeling very depressed and feels she is struggling. Without wanting to go into detail here, i agree she could benefit from some help.
Following advice, she got an appointment with her health visitor who came over to her house. However, the HV said she was 'not depressed enough' to qualify for any counselling, and when my friend asked how depressed she had to be, the HV said, 'You'd have to be suicidal'.....
Now, I've checked the NICE guidance on this and know she's wrong. Obviously local NHS trusts ration care in different ways, but IMO this HV's attitude is potentially very damaging.
Can anyone here guide me to the correct criteria for getting NHS help for PND (if it exists) and an idea of how to move forward from here?
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WhatAFunnyPotato · 09/11/2013 03:49
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