When PANDA began in Ann Lanigan’s Melbourne lounge room in the 1980s, there was nothing else like it in the country.
Ann experienced postnatal depression after the birth of her third child, and only got the help she needed by pure luck. And that’s how she describes the perinatal mental health system at the time – a total lottery, with very few parents getting the treatment they needed.
But during Ann’s recovery, she made it her mission to connect with other women who had experienced the same thing. From that moment a community grew and changed the lives of the people it touched for the better.
This episode of Survive & Thrive is a little different. You’ll hear PANDA CEO Julie Borninkhof in conversation with two people critical in PANDA’s formation, Ann Lanigan and Professor Dorothy Scott OAM.
Together they trace the organisation back to its roots and look at how far we’ve come – and the distance we still have to go – with treating perinatal mental health in Australia.
Survive & Thrive is a podcast from Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia (PANDA), find it in your favourite podcast app.
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It’s important to know that there is a risk during this time in your life that family violence will get worse, or it may start for the first time. If you’re worried about safety in your relationship, support is available.
1800 RESPECT (support for people affected by family violence): 1800 737 732 or 1800respect.org.au (24/7)
Credits
Host: Gia Hogarth
PANDA Digital Editor: Serena Ashmore
PANDA Commissioning Editor: Bec Shafer
Deadset Studios Senior Producer: Grace Pashley
Deadset Studios Executive Producer: Rachel Fountain
Sound Design by Krissy Miltiadou