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Mental health service use among pregnant and early postpartum women.

Leonie Lee-CarbonSelina NathKylee TrevillionSarah ByfordLouise M HowardFiona L ChallacombeMargaret Heslin
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • mental health
  • pregnant women
  • polycystic ovary syndrome
  • pregnancy outcomes
  • mental illness
  • breast cancer risk
  • insulin resistance
  • preterm birth
  • metabolic syndrome
  • human health
  • risk assessment
  • skeletal muscle