19th October 2014 | 3 min read
Failure to fully address mental health problems in pregnancy and following childbirth costs over £8 billion, report finds
Perinatal mental health problems carry a total economic and social long-term cost to society of about £8.1 billion for each one-year cohort of births in the UK, according to a new report ‘The costs of perinatal mental health problems’ released today by the London School of Economics and Centre for Mental Health.
