'It’s like the end of the world': The surge in new mums getting mental health treatment | ITV News

The number of new and expectant mothers in England getting specialist support for mental health problems has almost doubled in the last three years, ITV News has learned.

Data from NHS England shows more than 57,000 women received treatment in the last year, that's up a third compared to the year before.

It can feel like “the end of the world” one woman who experienced postpartum psychosis told ITV News.

We’ve been given permission to film at the Ribblemere Mother and Baby Unit in Lancashire, a psychiatric ward where women are treated with their babies.

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