Fertility, Family, Perinatal and General Mental Health Podcasts You May Find Helpful and/or Interesting
Feeling expectant: Services and Support during Surrogacy
“Award winning lawyer, Carolyn Devries, hosts a panel of recognised experts with extensive experience working in the surrogacy space: Narelle Dickinson from QLD Family and Fertility Support, Sam Everingham from Surrogacy Australia and Stephen Page from Page Provan lawyers.”
Male perinatal depression and anxiety - Is it the elephant in the room?
https://www.healthed.com.au/authors/narelle-dickinson/
“We need to put male perinatal depression and anxiety under the spotlight. Timely management has positive impacts on the new parents but also has generational consequences.”
Electricity and the Brain
“Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) has a chequered history, but its modern iteration is nothing like the scenes depicted in films like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Used to treat severe depression and psychosis, ECT's side effects include some degree of memory loss. We delve into the discussion around benefits vs side effects, and speak to three patients about their varying degrees of success with the treatment.”
Fertility Counselling & Donor Conception — What Solo Mums Actually Need to Know
“Every woman going through donor conception at a fertility clinic in Australia is required to attend implications counselling. And almost every one of them turns up expecting to be assessed, judged, and told whether they're worthy enough to be a mum.”