The hidden half: Bringing postnatal mental illness out of hiding It’s time to get postnatal mental illness out of hiding.
It’s common for new mothers to suffer from postnatal mental illness, but only half receive the treatment they need. This can be fixed with some simple and low-cost changes to our health system.
We surveyed 1,000 women who had recently had a baby and found that half had had a mental health or emotional problem postnatally or during pregnancy.
Read the full report here.
Of these women, nearly half hadn’t had their problem identified by a health professional and hadn’t received any help or treatment.
Many of these new mothers said they were too embarrassed or afraid of judgement to seek help.
95% of mothers who had a mental health problem said that this had an impact on their ability to cope as a mother or on their family. National Childbirth Trust
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It’s common for new mothers to suffer from postnatal mental illness, but only half receive the treatment they need. This can be fixed with some simple and low-cost changes to our health system.
We surveyed 1,000 women who had recently had a baby and found that half had had a mental health or emotional problem postnatally or during pregnancy.
Read the full report here.
Of these women, nearly half hadn’t had their problem identified by a health professional and hadn’t received any help or treatment.
Many of these new mothers said they were too embarrassed or afraid of judgement to seek help.
95% of mothers who had a mental health problem said that this had an impact on their ability to cope as a mother or on their family. National Childbirth Trust
See also:
- GPs doing very best for new mothers but need more time and resources, says RCGP Royal College of General Practitioners
- GPs and midwives miss signs of postnatal depression The Daily Mail
- New mothers are too scared to tell GPs about postnatal depression The Daily Telegraph
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