The hidden half: bringing postnatal mental illness out of hiding

The Hidden Half campaign surveyed 1,000 women who had recently had a baby and found that half had a mental health or emotional problem postnatally or during pregnancy. Of these, 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.

Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - June 23, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news