Lauren Dickason trial
The family could’ve moved anywhere, Beaton said, and her client would’ve seen it as a “bleak, dark place”.
“That is how unwell she was at the time”.
Mothers with a history of depression were much more likely to suffer from postpartum depression, and while most recovered quite quickly, some did not, Beaton told the jury.
It was often undiagnosed, and there was stigma for mothers, as it was supposed to be “the happiest time of their lives”.
Dickason clearly had postpartum depression after the births of both Liané and the twins, Beaton said, and suggested all of the experts in the trial agreed on this by the end.
“That is how unwell she was at the time”.
Mothers with a history of depression were much more likely to suffer from postpartum depression, and while most recovered quite quickly, some did not, Beaton told the jury.
It was often undiagnosed, and there was stigma for mothers, as it was supposed to be “the happiest time of their lives”.
Dickason clearly had postpartum depression after the births of both Liané and the twins, Beaton said, and suggested all of the experts in the trial agreed on this by the end.