Call for overhaul of mental health services for new mothers

National Women’s Council calls for strengthening of specialist perinatal mental health services

A report from the NWC published on Tuesday highlights shortcomings in perinatal mental health services in Ireland.

However, anxiety, depression and other complex mental health disorders increase three months after birth and were the highest at six months post-partum, according to Trinity College Dublin’s Maternal Health and Maternal Morbidity in Ireland study. Mothers who have severe or complex needs are admitted to general mental health units without their babies, which the NWC argues has an adverse effect on the mother-infant bond and attachment.

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