Women with perinatal OCD are still being failed | Letter

Guardian Staff
Screening at the six-week check and signposting to services could prevent suffering and save lives, write Fiona Challacombe, Diana Wilson and Maria Bavetta We were glad that the story of Kimberley Nixon was highlighted in your article and commend her openness about the devastating nature of perinatal OCD ( ‘This is so taboo’: Kimberley Nixon on the hell of perinatal OCD – and how she survived it, 28 April ). Experiencing vivid unwanted intrusive thoughts, images and urges of accidentally or deli