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Making a positive difference to the lifelong mental health effects of the perinatal period  We all work towards every pregnancy, birth and postnatal period to be as healthy and happy as possible for all involved. That isn’t always the reality, especially regarding mental health. The Royal College of Midwifery recently published ‘Strengthening Perinatal Mental Health […]

I always like to keep up with any new information on the illness I developed after having my son in 1996 – puerperal psychosis. This new paper on the subject is very useful. Postpartum psychosis: A proposed treatment algorithm – Chaitra Jairaj, Gertrude Seneviratne, Veerle Bergink, Iris E Sommer, Paola Dazzan, 2023 (sagepub.com) Click on […]

On 4th August I turned 60 years of age. It has been a wonderful celebration and prompted me to make some changes in my life as I start my next decade.  I’d love to share these with you. Firstly, I’ll share how we celebrated the occasion. Mike, my husband, and I headed to Yorkshire for […]

I had an exhibition table at the 5th annual iHV Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (PIMH) conference  on Monday 19th June. It followed Infant Mental Health Awareness Week  and was on International Fathers’ Mental Health Day 2023. Here is an outline of the day with links that I hope you find useful. It was wonderful […]

It was Administrative Professional day last week, designed to recognise those responsible for the smooth running of offices and to give recognition to their vital roles. One of my roles is that of an Executive Assistant for Mike Coote Coaching. I was invited back by the Halcyon Group to both speak and chair their 10th […]