Pregnant women and new mothers are facing a deadly mental health crisis across the United States.

Mental health conditions, the leading underlying cause of pregnancy-related deaths in the county, are driving an alarming rise in maternal mortality rates, which climbed roughly 60 percent between 2019 and 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Suicides and overdoses account for nearly a quarter of those deaths, according to the CDC.

Rates of substance use, depression, anxiety and other serious mental health conditions — like suicidal ideation and postpartum psychosis — appear to be rising among pregnant women and new moms.