US EditionThe US Faces a Deadly Maternal Mental Health Crisis — and It May Be Getting Worse
- Shelley Browne was admitted to a psychiatric hospital under a mental health order for postpartum psychosis three years ago in Northern Ireland, where mothers lack specialized care units.
- This admission occurred because Northern Ireland has no mother and baby unit and women are separated from their infants when treated in general psychiatric wards.
- About 100 women annually face similar separations, while health officials acknowledge funding for a mother and baby unit remains unfound despite support from seven health ministers.
- A 2022 inquest into Orlaith Quinn’s death after childbirth deemed it foreseeable and preventable, with a coroner linking the absence of a mother and baby unit to her death.
- The ongoing lack of specialized perinatal mental health services in Northern Ireland suggests increased risks for mothers and infants and highlights urgent needs for better care and data improvements.
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