Safeguarding maternal mental health in the perinatal period

Abstract

April 29–May 5 marked Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week 2024, encompassing the international awareness day on May 1, with an aim to promote discussion about mental health in women who are pregnant or have given birth. The perinatal period, which includes pregnancy and the first year postpartum, is a time of great vulnerability for women, involving substantial physiological and lifestyle changes, where mental health is particularly at risk. Hence, perinatal mental health is a crucial but frequently overlooked and neglected element of maternal and infant care.

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