'It gave me my voice back': How group singing is helping new mums with postnatal depression
3 hours ago Share Save Jim Reed Health reporter Share Save
The Melodies for Mums classes in south London started in 2017 and now take on more than 400 women a year
Specially designed singing classes are clinically effective at treating mums with postnatal depression, a major three-year study has found. The authors say they could also be cost effective for the NHS at a time when mental health services are under pressure. At a children's centre in a housing estate in south London a group of 12 young mums sit in a circle on the floor as their babies cry, crawl and sleep on mats in front of them. But at this music class there are no bells or tambourines and no Wheels on the Bus or Baby Shark. Instead, the group work through a mix of lullabies, folk and gospel, switching from Spanish to Congolese to Swahili in rounds of four-part harmonies.
The whole session, from the music selection, to the size of the group, to the set up of the room itself, has been carefully designed to treat the
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