September 2017

September 19, 2017

Mental illness is estimated to affect one in ten pregnancies and, in the UK, has persistently been shown to be associated with high levels of maternal morbidity and mortality. Researchers from Kings College, explain that suicide is a leading cause of late maternal death in the UK with 2.3 deaths by suicide per 100 000 maternities during or up to the first year after pregnancy.

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