Reaching all mothers – Black maternal mental health
Sandra Igwe looks at the way racial inequalities can affect mothers’ mental health
Type: Blog
A sound investment
How we can address a major gap in maternal mental health support through expanding the workforce, improving training and addressing inequalities
Type: Publication
Increasing access to treatment for common maternal mental health problems could have a net benefit of half a billion pounds
Our analysis finds that integrated service provision could close a major gap in perinatal mental health care and ensure women get timely access to help for their mental health needs
Type: News
Life after loss
An economic evaluation which demonstrates the significant benefits of specialist counselling after baby loss
Type: Publication
The grief and trauma beyond statistics: life after baby loss
Alyx reflects on the traumatic experience of losing her baby at full-term, and the impact of specialist baby loss counselling
Type: Blog
Speak up: My experience of mental health nursing
Chief Executive Sarah Hughes wrote for #MHNursingFuture about the impact of a mental health nurse on her recovery from postnatal depression
Type: Blog
Review of the National Childbirth Trust report and GP consultation
We explored the implications of extending health checks for babies to include a consultation about mothers’ wellbeing
Type: Publication
Family doctors should get support to meet all new mothers and ask about mental health, says new report
GPs should be supported and incentivised to meet all new mothers six weeks after their babies are born to ask them about their mental health
Type: News
Bringing mums’ minds from darkness to light: Sadia’s story
Dr. Sadia Shah on her journey through postnatal depression and the way it shaped her work with British South Asian mothers
Type: Blog
Depression after the birth of my son: Mark’s story
It took Mark years to get the mental health support he needed after his son’s traumatic birth
Type: Blog