Helpful Websites
The Perinatal Mental Health Service consists of Consultant Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Perinatal Community Psychiatric Support – Find out from your GP/Health Visitor or Midwife...
Sands is a safe space for you to grieve and to find support, whether you are a parent, sibling, grandparent, NHS professional or friend.
Welcome to the Birth Trauma Association (BTA). We’re a charity that supports women and families who suffer birth trauma – a shorthand term for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after birth.
Action on Postpartum Psychosis is the national charity for women and families affected by postpartum psychosis (PP). PP is a severe mental illness which begins suddenly following childbirth
Maternal OCD is a charity co-founded by two mothers, Maria Bavetta and Diana Wilson, who have experienced and recovered from extreme perinatal obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
NHS urgent mental health helplines are for people of all ages. You can call for: 24-hour advice and support for you, your child, your parent or someone you care for.
Chasing the Stigma (CTS) has launched the Hub of Hope – a national mental health database, bringing help and support together in one place, with a focus on grassroots organisations.
We want all new and expectant mums in the UK who experience perinatal mental health problems to receive the care and support they and their families needs
Developed with the NHS, DadPad gives new dads and dads-to-be the knowledge and skills needed to gain confidence and give their baby the best start in life.
Developed with the NHS, DadPad gives new dads and dads-to-be the knowledge and skills needed to gain confidence and give their baby the best start in life.
You and your community should be able to live life to the full. That’s why we’re continuing to find ways to prevent mental health problems.
Perinatal Research at the National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH) and the Bipolar Disorder Research Network (BDRN) Perinatal mental health is a key research theme at NCMH based at Cardiff University. NCMH has recruited over 22,000 participants for mental health research including key cohorts of women with lived experience of perinatal mental health conditions including postpartum psychosis and postnatal depression. The Bipolar Disorder Research Network is a collaboration between Cardiff University, the University of Worcester, clinicians and people with lived experience of bipolar disorder. Together we have recruited over 7,000 people across the UK into bipolar research. With our interest in perinatal episodes we have published widely on the risk of postpartum psychosis and other perinatal conditions in women with bipolar.
