Discover a wealth of resources designed to help you support women and families impacted by perinatal mental health problems. Whether you work in healthcare, local or national government we hope you find what you need.
We are in the process of updating the Hub, so if you have a resource to add or think something is missing, please email info@maternalmentalhealthalliance.org.
MMHA Pdf, 398.8kb
Published: January 2016
Susie Lingwood, Liaison Psychiatrist at North Middlesex University Hospital, writes about what her role involves, what she has done to improve services and how mums with perinatal mental health problems and their babies are being supported locally.
MMHA Pdf, 595.7kb
Published: January 2016
Blog by Sally Hogg, Strategic Lead for the MABIM project. Perinatal mental health problems are not homogenous, and neither are the women who are affected by them. Preventing, identifying and addressing these problems in a timely and effective way requires a range of services to be in place in each local area across maternity, health visiting, mental health and children’s services. It often involves driving changes in culture, practice and skills in existing services as well as creating new ones. Ensuring that the right care pathways are in place is complex.
MMHA Pdf, 1.8mb
Published: January 2016
The Mums and Babies in Mind (MABIM) project was based in Blackpool, Haringey, Southend and Gloucestershire. It worked with local leaders in these areas to improve services for mums with mental health problems during pregnancy and the first year after birth, and their babies. Mums and Babies in Mind was a Maternal Mental Health Alliance project, hosted by the Mental Health Foundation and funded by the Big Lottery Fund. It lasted for three years, ending in September 2018.
NHS England Pdf, 960.8kb
Published: July 2019
The NHS Long Term Plan renewed the NHS' commitment to pursue an ambitious transformation of mental health care in England. The Mental Health Implementation Plan provides a new framework to ensure they deliver on this commitment at the local level.
CYPMHC X MMHA Pdf, 191.4kb
Published: October 2023
Support for young mums aged 16-25 has been notably absent from the policy agenda in recent years. Whilst efforts have been focused on reducing the number of teenage pregnancies, less attention has been paid to the support needs of young mums and historically young parenthood has been framed as a problem.
