Perinatal Mental Health Around the World: Priorities for Research and Service Development in India

Overview

Journal BJPsych Int

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Specialty Health Services

Date 2021 Jul 21

PMID 34287425

Citations 9

Authors

Sundarnag Ganjekar

Anilkumar Viswananthan Thekkethayyil

Prabha S Chandra

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Abstract

Maternal mental health disorders are a significant problem for mother-infant dyads in India, but have not received the attention that they should. However, recent major developments hold promise: the increase in coverage of the District Mental Health Programme; the growing emphasis in public health systems on newborn health; integration of maternal mental health into the Reproductive and Child Health Programme in the state of Kerala; and the Mental Health Care Act 2017, which mandates mother-infant joint care when a mother is admitted for mental illness, will lead to policy changes in services. Innovative implementation and translational research is needed to generate knowledge to strengthen maternal mental healthcare systems and improve maternal and child outcomes. Valuable 'research rupees' should be spent on ensuring equity of resources for physical and mental healthcare of mothers and providing optimal environments for every mother-infant dyad.

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