What are the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and needs of mothers who access acute postpartum psychiatric care and have children’s social care involvement?

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    Women are at an increased risk of being admitted to psychiatric hospitals in the postpartum period and mothers with postpartum psychiatric diagnoses are more likely to have children`s social care involvement. A UK national audit of admissions to specialist psychiatric mother and baby units (MBU) found that half of mothers with a schizophrenia diagnosis were under children`s social care supervision at the time of discharge, and a quarter were separated from their infants. Only a few studies have explored the characteristics and needs of mothers with postpartum mental health diagnoses and children . . .

     

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