Mental health service use among pregnant and early postpartum women.
Leonie Lee-CarbonSelina NathKylee TrevillionSarah ByfordLouise M HowardFiona L ChallacombeMargaret HeslinPublished in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2022)
Only a third of women with a diagnosable mental disorder at their first antenatal appointment had any contact with mental health services during pregnancy or up to 3 months postpartum. Further research is warranted to elicit perinatal women's views about the potential barriers to accessing professional mental health care.