02 October 2014 02 Oct 2014

Attitudes of student midwives caring for women with perinatal mental health problems

Psychiatric illness is one of the leading indirect causes of maternal mortality and maternal morbidity in the UK A confidential report on the causes of maternal death in the UK suggested a significant number of deaths of women during pregnancy, childbirth and early motherhood, are due to suicide (Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE), 2011)