Exploring perinatal loneliness as a key social determinant of perinatal mental ill health in the UK: findings from a multidisciplinary consensus statement exercise that mapped knowledge about measurement, prevalence, antecedents, impacts and interventions, and agreed future priorities for research, policy and practice

Exploring perinatal loneliness as a key social determinant of perinatal mental ill health in the UK: findings from a multidisciplinary consensus statement exercise that mapped knowledge about measurement, prevalence, antecedents, impacts and interventions, and agreed future priorities for research, policy and practice

Objectives New parents are at increased risk of loneliness, which adversely affects parental and infant health and well-being and has been linked to an increased likelihood of parental mental illness. In the UK, perinatal mental illness is estimated to cost £8.1bn a year, predominantly due to lastin...

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Main Authors: Katherine Adlington, Rebecca Nowland, Lindsay Hunter, Katherine Hall, Suzanne Wilson, Naomi Finch, Nicola Wallis, Ruth Naughton-Doe, Jacqueline Kent-Marvick, Phoebe McKenna-Plumley, Emily Lovett, Thuy-Vy Nguyen, Florence Gaughan, Corinna Colella, Elizabeth Taylor Buck, Sarah Shemery, Catrin Noone
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Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2025-05-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/5/e085669.full
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