After much neglect, women’s health must get the attention it deserves

ENDOMETRIOSIS, menopause, menstrual pain, pelvic floor weakness, premature egg failure, miscarriage… the list of poorly studied “women’s problems” goes on. Now let’s add another: postnatal anxiety.

Of course, when you are caring for a newborn child, it is normal to feel anxious. But as we discover in our feature “Why do people get postnatal anxiety and how can we treat it?”, for one in five mothers, this can develop into acute, long-term anxiety, which can lead to depression, insomnia and physical illness. Despite this, researchers are only just beginning to realise the extent of its prevalence and investigate potential…