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I have been highly recommending a monthly eBulletin aimed at those interested in perinatal and infant mental health (PIMH) for many years now. Now part of Public Health England, ChiMat (formerly  Child and Maternal Health Observatory) and now named National Child and Maternal Health Intelligence Network, has been compiling a very useful resource that highlights and links to […]

A charity that offers support and helps to capture those lasting memories of a stillbirth or neonatal death might not immediately appear to be relevant to maternal mental health. I believe that 4Louis is because in researching for my second book, Another Twinkle in the Eye – Contemplating another pregnancy after perinatal mental illness, one area […]

It was a pleasure to be invited back to host the Journal of Health Visiting Awards for 2017 again. This year it was at the Edgbaston Stadium on Thursday 23rd March. The team had asked if I wanted to bring a guest so it was really good to ask my mum to join me. We had […]

With the growing awareness and increasing services for perinatal mental health, I have decided that I will choose a useful resource or example of good practice, to highlight each week. I want this to build into a very informative collection of sharing ideas and skills with interested parties. My first link follows my day recently as a […]

Some things are worth waiting for and I hope that this belated report of a great event is one of them! Back on 11th January I had been invited to speak and chair ‘Perinatal Mental Health Services – Improving care for women and families.’  Jeanne Lythgoe, from Salford University had asked me and it was […]