Role of counselling

Information for refugee and migrant men about mental health.

If you think your partner may be experiencing depression, how can you help?

Around 15% of women develop postnatal depression after the birth of their babies. If your partner demonstrates significant changes to her emotions, thinking or behaviour, this may be a sign that something is not going well for her.

Some of the changes you may see in your partner are:

• crying or feeling sad very often
• being in a low mood or very irritable a lot of the time
• thinking “I can’t do this”
• fearing being alone or going out
• thinking about hurting herself or the baby
• your partner finds it difficult to be affectionate with you, the baby, or others.

A critical part of helping someone is being aware of the signs and symptoms of a mental illness.