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A review of a facility for the admission of mothers with babies to psychiatric care

Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride G75 8RG Royal Dundee Liff Hospital

C. Barbara Ballinger, Consultant Psychiatrist

Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Dundee DD2 5NF

The advantages and disadvantages of a mother and baby facility as part of a general hospital psychiatric admission unit were explored. A questionnaire was sent to 60 women who had been admitted to the unit with their babies over a ten-year period asking about their psychological health following discharge from hospital, the welfare of their family and their opinion of the facility. A 37% response rate was obtained. The patients' case-notes were studied for information on various items and the results for the response and non-response subgroups were compared.