Mother-Baby Units: An Unmet Need for Mental Health Inpatient Care in Portugal?

Filipa Fernandes Martins; Salomé Xavier

doi:10.20344/amp.19335

Mother-Baby Units: An Unmet Need for Mental Health Inpatient Care in Portugal?

Authors

Filipa Fernandes Martins Serviço de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental. Hospital Garcia de Orta. Almada.
Salomé Xavier Serviço de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental. Hospital Garcia de Orta. Almada.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.19335

Keywords:

Mental Disorders, Mother-Child Relations/psychology, Postnatal Care/psychology

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Royal College of Psychiatrists. Mother and Baby Units (MBUs). 2018. [cited 2023 Jan 14]. Available from: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/treatments-and-wellbeing/mother-and-baby-units-(mbus).

Howard LM, Trevillion K, Potts L, Heslin M, Pickles A, Byford S, et al. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of psychiatric mother and baby units: quasiexperimental study. Br J Psychiatry. 2022;221:628–36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.48

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2023-02-20

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Fernandes Martins F, Xavier S. Mother-Baby Units: An Unmet Need for Mental Health Inpatient Care in Portugal?. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 2023 Feb. 20 [cited 2024 Nov. 16];36(4):296-. Available from: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/19335

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Vol. 36 No. 4 (2023): April

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