
Women are more at risk of mental illness after having a baby than at any other time in their lives. The worst cases involve postpartum psychosis, which can occur without warning and can lead to suicide or to a mother killing her baby. Tina Stallard produced and filmed this award-winning film for BBC 2 Newsnight, which looks at how this devastating condition has affected the lives of three women and their families. A longer version of the film was broadcast on BBC World News and the story was also featured in the Sunday Times Magazine.

Tina's BBC Journalism blog about this story
total duration: 23m 35s