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Testimony in a Massachusetts Murder Trial Exposed How Few Clinicians Treat Postpartum Psychosis
['Dorothy Brooks']
Medical Daily
If you are struggling after childbirth, the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline is free and confidential, 24 hours a day, at 1-833-TLC-MAMA.
Her defense argues she was experiencing postpartum psychosis and was not criminally responsible.
The Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance reports fewer than 500 psychiatrists trained in reproductive mental health nationally, against roughly 800,000 women a year who experience a maternal mental health complication.
The great majority of people who experience postpartum psychosis do not harm anyone, and it responds to treatment.
The National Maternal Mental Health Hotline is available at 1-833-TLC-MAMA, and 988 provides free, confidential crisis support by call or text.