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Healing Hearts: How Baby Loss Awareness Is Changing Healthcare in the Middle East

Specialist Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist, Dr. Valentina Faia says, “Post-Natal Depression (PND) appears in 30–50% of women who experience baby loss, with many facing clinically relevant symptoms following a miscarriage or stillbirth. In the months after a stillbirth, 20–40% of women show signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Meanwhile, 40–60% of bereaved mothers report moderate to severe anxiety, including panic attacks and intrusive or obsessive thoughts.”