Moving toward More Empathetic Maternal Mental Health Care
A training film to help perinatal clinicians better support mental health will be shared by South Africa’s National Department of Health.
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A training film to help perinatal clinicians better support mental health will be shared by South Africa’s National Department of Health.
The prevalence of depression and anxiety during pregnancy and in the year after birth ranges between 16% and 47% for women in South Africa.
Women in low- and middle-income countries experience high levels of common mental disorders during pregnancy and the first year after birth, writes UCT’s Assoc Prof Simone Honikman.
Up to 47% of SA’s women face pre- and post-natal depression and anxiety, with about 10% at high risk of suicide
By Meera Senthilingam, CNN