New research conducted by Bliss has revealed that 80 per cent of parents whose babies were admitted into neonatal care think that their mental health suffered after their experience. A staggering 35 per cent of parents reported that their mental health was “significantly worse” after their time on the neonatal unit.
The survey of 589 parents also found that 23 per cent of respondents had been diagnosed with anxiety after their neonatal experience.
Other findings include:
- 16 per cent of parents surveyed were diagnosed with PTSD after their time on the neonatal unit.
- 14 per cent of parents surveyed were diagnosed with postnatal depression after their time on the neonatal unit.
- 39 per cent of parents surveyed felt they had developed a mental health condition after their experience on the unit, although they were not officially diagnosed.