If you do a web search on PND all sorts of references will come up. Some are useful and some less so. Many sites simply contain lists of symptoms which is fine except that the big issue if you have PND is how to cope with the illness and how to recover. Here are links to some of the more relevant, worthwhile and informative articles and sites:

Royal College Of Psychiatrists Leaflet on PND

Birth Trauma Association for those who suffered a traumatic delivery and who may be suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Action on Puerperal Psychosis information from the University of Birmingham UK Neuroscience department on Puerperal Psychosis

PaNDa; Australian PND Support site with supportive information and case studies

PND Training; website offering courses in the detection and treatment of PND to health professionals

Postnatal Depression South Africa; support website based in South Africa

Postpartum Support International; US-based support site for sufferers of PND

Post Partum Stress Center; US-based counselling centre for women with PND and other pregnancy and birth-related illnesses

Postpartum Progress; blog run by American Katherine Stone who suffered postpartum obsessive compulsive disorder with the birth of her son in 2001

Lost into Post Natal Depression; article published in The Observer Magazine, Sunday February 12, 2006 by sufferer Harriet Lane recounting her experience of PND

Out of the Blue, report from Mental Health Charity MIND on Post Natal Depression, May 2006

Meet a Mum Association; UK-based website offering friendship and support to mothers, especially those who are feeling isolated and who are suffering from PND

Understanding Post Natal Depression; self-help leaflet from MIND