Maternal mental health remains a missing priority

From the report

Nature Mental Health, Published online: 22 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s44220-026-00752-zMaternal mental health remains largely underfunded and understudied. Drawing on evidence across species, this Comment calls for greater investment in perinatal stress research, equitable funding, expanded data collection and cross-species approaches to better understand how stress during this critical period affects women’s lifelong health.