The importance of new fathers' mental health
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Mark Williams |
TEDxNantymoel
• January 2020
In late 2004, Mark witnessed his wife go through a traumatic birth, feeling out of control and having his first ever panic attack at thirty years of age. Michelle, his wife, was quickly diagnosed with severe postnatal depression but after looking after Michelle feeling isolated and using alcohol to cope Mark himself was having suicidal thoughts in the postnatal period suffering in silence for years until a breakdown over five years later. Mark talks with passion about the importance of looking after the mental wellbeing of new fathers