Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week is a week-long campaign dedicated to talking about mental health problems before, during and after pregnancy.
The week is all about:
The week is organised and led by MMHA member Perinatal Mental Health Partnership UK (PMHP UK), who launched the first-ever UK Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week in 2017.
PMHP UK is a small group of individuals, including parents with lived experience and clinicians, who came together to raise awareness of maternal mental health.
Each year, organisers PMHP UK create daily themes to help guide and diversify the conversation around maternal mental health. This year the themes are as follows:
The MMHA will be hosting our first-ever Maternal Mental Health Advocacy Day, encouraging our community to come together and use our collective voice to advocate for the mental health needs of new and expectant mothers in the UK.