Woman's Hospital Launches State's First In-Patient Mental Health Unit for Pregnant and Postpartum Women

Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, will open the state's first inpatient mental health unit dedicated to serving pregnant and postpartum women. Maternal mental health conditions, which affect one in five women, often go untreated. The 10-bed unit, scheduled to open in September, aims to address these issues and improve maternal health and mortality rates. Anxiety, perinatal and postpartum depression, and birth-related PTSD are among the most common complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Woman's Hospital, as the largest provider of maternity care in Louisiana, is taking responsibility for addressing all aspects of perinatal health.