Too many women are falling through the gaps and not getting help for mental health during and after pregnancy, says new report
Women who have depression or anxiety during pregnancy or in the year after giving birth are not having their needs recognised and not getting the support they need as a result.
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Mental health during and after pregnancy
Perinatal mental health problems affect around one in five mothers. Learn more about what we’re doing and what still needs to change.
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Shocking failure to fully address mental health problems in pregnancy and following childbirth costs over £8 billion, report finds
Perinatal mental health problems carry a total economic and social long-term cost to society of about £8.1 billion for each one-year cohort of births in the UK.
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Shocking gaps in UK maternal mental health services – #everyonesbusiness campaign launched today
Pregnant women and new mothers across almost half of the UK do not have access to specialist perinatal mental health services, potentially leaving them and their babies at risk.
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