Maternal Mental Health Matters Awareness Week

Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week is a week-long campaign on the 3rd-9th May 2021 dedicated to talking about mental illness during and after pregnancy. It’s all about raising public and professional awareness of perinatal mental illness, advocating for families affected by it, and helping them access the information, care and support they need to recover.

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What is Perinatal Depression?

Perinatal depression includes depression during pregnancy or within a year after birth or the end of a pregnancy. Depression is one of the most common medical complications during pregnancy and the following year, and affects about 1 in 7 women.