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A hard-hitting Channel 4 documentary has been praised for raising awareness of postpartum psychosis.
Losing It: Our Mental Health Emergency, which launched on Tuesday night, follows Nottinghamshire NHS Trust as they support people suffering from a range of mental health conditions.
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Throughout the series, viewers are given a glimpse inside Nottinghamshire Healthcare - one of the UK's largest mental health trusts.
The first episode followed new mum Laura who was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis shortly after her baby was born.
Two weeks after the birth of her daughter Olivia Mae, Laura was sectioned after trying to kill herself and her family by driving at high speed into a brick wall.
The new mum was brought into the Mother and Baby Unit with husband Dan by her side as staff set to work in helping her recover.
Meanwhile, the hour-long episode also focussed on 11-year-old Briena who has been having extreme panic attacks, suicidal thoughts and seizures.
Briena and her family arrive in A&E and the team are tasked with understanding whether the 11-year-old is really suicidal or whether there is an underlying and complex issue at hand.
Viewers found the first episode a particularly powerful watch, with many praising Channel 4 for making the programme.
One wrote: "Applauding @Channel4 for putting mental health in the spotlight! Heartbreaking to watch an 11 year old wanting to commit suicide and a new mum wanting to kill her family!
"Be kind to one another - you never know peoples struggles!"
Applauding @Channel4 for putting mental health in the spotlight! Heartbreaking to watch an 11 year old wanting to commit suicide and a new mum wanting to kill her family! Be kind to one another - you never know peoples struggles! #LosingIt
- Kerrie (@KerrieeFord) January 21, 2020
Another called it a "heavy watch" while many viewers on Twitter agreed it was incredibly important.
"Powerful and disturbing insight into mental health, getting an early diagnosis is not always available & can add to the distress to both the individual and family that can take years to recover from," wrote one.
While a third urged: "I would recommend everyone to watch #losingit on Chanel 4 as it gives a true reflection of what it means/feels like to be in a mental health crisis."
I would recommend everyone to watch #losingit on Chanel 4 as it gives a true reflection of what it means/feels like to be in a mental health crisis
- emily andrews (@emzzandrews) January 21, 2020
Applauding @Channel4 for putting mental health in the spotlight. It's about time! You are never alone and never a burden. #LosingIt
- Gemma Lupton (@Shortbutsweet91) January 21, 2020
Channel 4 have absolutely delivered this evening. What an insightful, scary and eye opening documentary. The fact that this is so many people's reality is heartbreaking, seeing an 11 year old in that way is just awful #LosingIt
- Emilie Penney (@penpennerton) January 21, 2020
With demand for mental health services rising in the UK, the series aims to offer a glimpse into the overwhelming pressure on mental health services as well as giving an insight into the desperately sad and difficult decisions doctors and nurses have to make each day.
Losing It: Our Mental Health Emergency airs on Channel 4 on Tuesdays at 10pm.
Featured Image Credit: Channel 4
Topics: Mental Health, TV News, TV Entertainment, Health