The Clínic vindicates the needs of mothers on World Maternal Mental Health Day
To mark World Maternal Mental Health Day, which is celebrated today, the first Wednesday in May, the Hospital Clínic Barcelona Perinatal Mental Hea...
Unit News from Perinatal Mental Health
Who looks after the mothers? The invisibility of perinatal mental health issues
In recent years, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health has gained visibility worldwide. However, when we talk about perinatal menta...
Is this new therapy for postnatal depression effective?
Zuranolone, a new drug for postnatal depression, improves on treatments available to date. It is taken for only 15 days and works from the first do...
Initial consultations at the Perinatal Mental Health Unit have increased by 37% in the last year
Since its creation, more than 700 protocolized mother-child bonding assessments have been carried out and 1,000 babies have been examined.
What is the difference between Postnatal Depression and Baby Blues?
Baby Blues can appear after childbirth. These are transitory feelings of sadness, nervousness, insecurity or worry. If these symptoms persist or wo...
Fourteen projects with Clínic-IDIBAPS participation receive funding from the 2021 Marató de TV3 fundraiser, devoted to mental health
On 3 November 2022, the TV3 Marató Foundation announced the research projects that will receive funding from the 2021 Marató, dedicated to mental d...
Fifty percent of the mothers treated at the Clínic-BCN Mother-Baby Day Hospital had a major depressive episode
A study shows that, thanks to the Clínic-BCN Mother-Baby Day Hospital, comprehensive treatment can be provided, which manages to contain risk behav...
Dr. Alba Roca: “Patients in the Perinatal Mental Health Unit experience a triple stigma: that of mental health, that of mental health in a woman, and that of mental health in a mother”
Interview with Dr. Alba Roca, psychiatrist in the Perinatal Mental Health Unit. We speak to her about the invisibilization of different mental diso...
Lockdown had a negative impact on the mental health of pregnant and postpartum women treated at Hospital Clínic
A survey of women attending the Perinatal Mental Health Unit at Hospital Clínic has shown that their mental health worsened during lockdown, in the...
The Hospital Clínic celebrates World Maternal Mental Health Day
This Wednesday, the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona celebrated World Maternal Mental Health Day within the context of a day commemorated virtually and...