<i>‘Whose pain is real pain and whose pain is not’:</i> an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the role of social support in help-seeking for perinatal mental illnesses in women from minoritised ethnicities

The role of social support in help-seeking for minoritised ethnic women is complex; functioning as both a facilitator and a barrier to help-seeking, contingent upon individual circumstances and subjective perceptions. The dissatisfaction expressed by women around the current perinatal care highlights the need for services in England to prioritise cultural humility and empathetic support to enhance outcomes for minoritised ethnic women.