- Black mothers are 3x more likely to die than white mothers in the perinatal period
- 4 in 1,000 mothers need specialist care for severe mental illness
- Women are 12x more likely to need psychiatric hospital care in the month after birth
- Up to 10% of pregnant women in England have a known mental health condition
Find out more from the Department of Psychiatry, chimes.collaborative and posie.nihr’s Roisin Mooney.
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