‘It gave me my voice back’: How group singing is helping new mums with postnatal depression

Posted: 15th October 2025

Source: ‘It gave me my voice back’: How group singing is helping new mums with postnatal depression – BBC News

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.

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