POSTNATAL MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH

The postnatal period is one of emotional vulnerability and adjustment to parenthood, potentially compounded by birth, and its effects long reaching. The commonality and severity of postnatal mental health issues, with suicide remaining a leading cause of death up to a year postnatally, this topic remains central to the work of healthcare professionals. This boxset discusses the spectrum of mental health difficulties that can occur in postnatally, and explores interventions to reduce short and long term effects of psychological pathologies.