'Don't ignore a fragile state of mind', Sunday Independent, March 21st ,2010 Florence Horsman-Hogan
Sunday Independent, March 21st ,2010 by Florence Horsman-Hogan
"......Then a wonderful public health nurse came to my rescue. She knocked on our front door and getting no answer, came to the back door where she could see me sitting on the kitchen floor, crying. No one -- and I mean no one -- had ever been allowed see me cry. With her help, I was then able to accept that I was literally on my knees. With no other option in sight, I allowed her to get me evaluated. The diagnosis? Post-natal depression. I agreed to go into St John of Gods, our local psychiatric hospital, for a rest. ....."
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