Northern Ireland is the only place in the UK which has no dedicated mental health unit for mothers.
An appeal to establish a dedicated Mother and Baby Perinatal Mental Health Unit will be delivered to the health minister later.
Northern Ireland is the only place in the UK which has no dedicated in-patient service for women with serious post-partum mental health issues.About 70 women a year in Northern Ireland are admitted to hospital with post-partum psychosis.However, no decision has been made on in-patient services.Alex Crickmay-Snodden was admitted to hospital two years ago suffering from post-natal depression and dissociation.
"I wouldn't go near the baby. I was mad that someone had swapped their child on me so I refused to have anything to do with him.Ms Crickmay-Snodden's GP and a mental-health team decided she needed to be admitted to hospital."I'd already been in hospital in quarantine in the maternity ward. That is an awful experience," she said.
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