Dr Alicia Spittle last night received a Young Tall Poppy science award from the Australian Institute of Policy and Science.

Forty per cent of women who report depressive symptoms following birth also reported intimate partner violence, a study by Murdoch Childrens Research Institute has found.   

The study, which was published today in BJOG-An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, also found that most of the women reporting postnatal depressive symptoms first reported this at six months after birth, or later. 

Murdoch Childrens is celebrating our recent move into state of the art facilities in the redeveloped Royal Children's Hospital