1,200 new mums hit by psychosis every year
Daily Mirror UK|May 02, 2024
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MARTIN BAGOT
1,200 new mums hit by psychosis every year

HUNDREDS of women every year suffer through severe mental health illness after giving birth.

Postpartum psychosis can cause hallucinations, delusions and mania, and endangers the life of a mum and her newborn.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists' analysis found up to 1,200 of the 605,479 new mums in 2022 had the psychosis, which usually starts suddenly within two weeks of birth.

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