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Development and audit of Charles Street Parent and Baby Day Unit, Stoke-on-Trent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John L. Cox
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Postgraduate Medicine, Keele University, Thornburrow Drive, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 7QB
Janice Gerrard
Affiliation:
Charles Street Parent and Baby Day Unit, Stoke-on-Trent
David Cookson
Affiliation:
Keele University, Principal Clinical Psychologist, South East Staffordshire Health Authority
J. Mary Jones
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, Keele University
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Although several studies have found the frequency of postnatal depression to range from 9 to 13%, optimal services for the recognition and management of this disorder are not fully established. There is a lacuna in the provision and costing of comprehensive services for women with postnatal mental illness, although it is recommended that each large district requires a consultant led team (three to five sessions per week) and a district or supra-district mother and baby unit (Oates 1988; Royal College of Psychiatrists 1992).

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