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Maternal Mental Health, Trauma, and Family Separation: Domestic Abuse, Coercive Control, and Maternal Vulnerability
Angela Frazer-Wicks MBE joins host Saranya Ravindran to explore the complex relationship between trauma, domestic abuse, maternal mental health, and safeguarding. Drawing on her lived experience, Angela discusses the impact of coercive control, barriers to accessing support, and opportunities for earlier intervention by healthcare professionals. This episode examines how clinicians can better recognise vulnerability and provide trauma-informed care before families reach crisis point.
Timestamps:
00:00–00:47: Intro
00:47–04:08: Angela's story
04:09–06:10: Childhood trauma
06:11–09:34: Systemic…
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