Postpartum Depression in British Mirpuris

[SpiritOf1903]

Postpartum depression is rife in British Mirpuri women.

Given associated stress factors involved within the community, often accomodation in small houses or increasingly flats et al, encompassing three, four generations.

This results in a poor parental style, children disaffected, become socially disruptive and the malaise runs in to adulthood.

Often,the rot starts at the top. Do British Pakistanis need to do more in treating Postpartum Depression?.

 

[ElRaja]

i don't know if you are basing this on some academic research or ur own experience, but British Pakistanis, in general, need to do more to appreciate mental health concerns.

 

[KingKhanWC]

i don't know if you are basing this on some academic research or ur own experience, but British Pakistanis, in general, need to do more to appreciate mental health concerns.

Mental health is a serious issue but some are using it as an excuse for certain things, this does not help those with real mental health problems.

I would disagree because in my experience its British white people who are suffer more from such illness. Even in the US, a very large % of women (not brown) are on regular meds.

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Mental health is a serious issue but some are using it as an excuse for certain things, this does not help those with real mental health problems.

I would disagree because in my experience its British white people who are suffer more from such illness. Even in the US, a very large % of women (not brown) are on regular meds.

Acceptance of such a problem is a start. While Mental Health is now a vogue umbrella term for even feeling a little upset - life's variables - there are deeper concerns that need addressing.

Mental Health in Mirpuri women is vital, as if there is little to no quality in the parenting, this will only create an insidious malaise, that is decaying the community on a societal spectrum.

 

[ElRaja]

Mental health is a serious issue but some are using it as an excuse for certain things, this does not help those with real mental health problems.

true, but when we talk about depression there is systematic ways to categorise it, versus having life problems.

I would disagree because in my experience its British white people who are suffer more from such illness. Even in the US, a very large % of women (not brown) are on regular meds.

I didn't say whether British Pakistanis suffered from mental health issues more or less, just that there is less appreciation or recognition of the problem, one of my best friend's parents suffered from bipolar, both of them, and the extended family never even acknowledged it, let alone help them.

 

[MenInG]

This thread will not be turned into "West has more of these" type thing.

Stick to the topic.

 

[James]

Good OP. Are there any statistics on this?

(I’m guessing not — feels like postpartum issues are generally underreported and understudied — women are culturally expected to “get on with it” when they are new mums…)

 

[Colorblind Genius]

Mental health is a serious issue but some are using it as an excuse for certain things, this does not help those with real mental health problems.

I would disagree because in my experience its British white people who are suffer more from such illness. Even in the US, a very large % of women (not brown) are on regular meds.

As I always say, when it comes to comparison in education, entrepreneurship, social integration and over all performance and ranking - British Pakistanis should compare themselves with British Indians.
That’s only a fair n true comparison.

 

[SalimBhai]

As I always say, when it comes to comparison in education, entrepreneurship, social integration and over all performance and ranking - British Pakistanis should compare themselves with British Indians.
That’s only a fair n true comparison.

And what do the stats show on that comparison

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Perinatal Mental Health report 2010

Over 12 months, occupancy rate by ethnicity was similar to that recorded by cross-sectional data. However, occupancy levels for white British and Irish women were even higher (75%) than in the cross-sectional survey. South Asian (n=36) and African (n=20) women were the biggest ethnic minority groups. Among South Asians, Pakistani women (n=9) were the largest subgroup. Apparently no Chinese or Middle Eastern women had been admitted to any of these MBUs during the 12 month period covered by the survey. Observations and conclusions Findings from both studies highlight a number of important issues. 1 Definitions of BME There was a lack of consensus on definitions of ‘BME’ among respondents. Indeed, some health professionals were unable to define the acronym. To do so, others focused on obvious differences such as skin colour, clothing and language, suggesting a somewhat narrow perspective on ethnic and cultural issues. This has potentially important implications for delivering culturally-appropriate patient care. 2 Service provision and inter-professional boundaries: The majority of questionnaires in Survey 1 were completed by secondary care practitioners. As levels of morbidity are known to be higher in primary than in secondary care, response rates might reflect perceptions of perinatal mental illness as a secondary care issue. Alternatively, they might reflect the fragmentation of services. To illustrate, respondents in this study were asked to cascade information to colleagues in their wider networks. However, according to primary care and voluntary sector providers, the information did not reach them. Lack of information flow might be indicative of more significant issues in partnership working, both across different sectors of the NHS and between statutory and voluntary providers. This is an area worthy of further study.

https://assets.publishing.service.g...ads/attachment_data/file/215718/dh_124880.pdf [PDF]

 

[James]

I didn’t know until fairly recently that men can also suffer from postpartum depression when they become new dads.

For women, there is also a chance of encountering the rare but horrible postpartum psychosis.