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- UK researchers estimate at least 15,000 women annually develop undiagnosed childbirth-related PTSD.
- Fewer than half of those women receive a diagnosis or specialist NHS mental-health support.
- Many GPs misdiagnose the condition as post-natal depression and prescribe ineffective antidepressants.
- Undiagnosed PTSD heightens suicide risk, the leading cause of death for women within a year after birth.
