New and expectant mothers across the country can now access specialist mental health care in the area where they live, NHS England announced today.
The landmark rollout of specialist perinatal community services across the whole of England, means that mums and mums-to-be who are experiencing anxiety, depression or other forms of mental ill health should be able to access high quality care much closer to home.
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A new course is being introduced in Blackburn with Darwen to assist pregnant women and new mothers to deal with stress.
The Stress Control Course has been organised by Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust’s Children and Families’ Service in conjunction with the Mindsmatter service and local Children’s Centres.
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Among pregnant women, up to 23% experience a depressive disorder, and up to 10% a generalised anxiety disorder.1 As reported by several studies, untreated depression (severe depression in particular) in pregnant women is associated with adverse birth outcomes, such as low birth weight, preterm delivery and developmental problems. Moreover, women with pre-existing psychiatric condition have high risk of relapse or worsening of symptoms during pregnancy.2 Similarly, anxiety disorders have been linked to the risk of preterm birth and delivery by caesarean section,3 but yet much remains to be understood about the effects of specific anxiety disorders, and the severity of their symptoms, on birth outcomes.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Perinatal mental health difficulties are prevalent among women and can adversely affect their partners too. There is also increasing recognition that a woman's partner can play a vital role in relation to her perinatal mental health and should be supported and involved in decisions about her care. Yet it is unclear how services are experienced by the partners of women with perinatal mental health difficulties. This study aimed to synthesize qualitative evidence of partners' views of perinatal mental health care. To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details.
South London’s first Finnish-style Baby Box programme with a new focus on supporting parents’ mental health has been launched by the Maudsley.
As part of Baby Box University, an online resource to help with pregnancy and parenting, families will be able to access information from Maudsley clinicians on mental health issues, such as anxiety, postnatal depression and bonding with baby.
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Parents and their babies can now access a new drop-in to meet with others and to talk to a specialist about their mental and emotional health.
The prop-in is for parents and babies under the age of one to meet and will be facilitated by a Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Specialist working for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.
The NHS Benchmarking Network were commissioned by NHS England to undertake a bespoke data collection on perinatal mental health services, which took place from June to August 2016. The data collection process involved all 58 English Mental Health Trusts and the aim of the project was to inform the Perinatal Expert Reference Group of the current provision of perinatal mental health services in England, covering both inpatient Mother and Baby Units and Community Mother and Baby Teams. The data collection covered 2015/16 outturn data, or in some cases, data as at a census date of 31.3.16.
The service will provide an advice and guidance service to all health professionals, support to women already using secondary mental health services where psychiatric disorder predates pregnancy and is expected to continue beyond, plus new referrals of perinatal presentations.
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Vulnerable women in Norfolk and Waveney will soon receive targeted help with complex mental health problems after Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) was awarded nearly £2.5m to launch a specialist perinatal service.
The Trust successfully bid to NHS England for the money to develop a specialist perinatal community service over the next three years. The service will care for pregnant women and new mothers with serious mental health difficulties, as well as providing support for the rest of the family and training for other healthcare professionals.
It will cater for people with conditions such as severe post-natal depression and will also offer pre-conception counselling to women who already have a mental health condition. The service’s aim will be to provide timely support which is specially-tailored to meet each patient’s individual needs.
‘Support from the Start: Commissioning for early intervention in mental ill health’ showcases four projects where CCGs and their partners are tackling the challenge of early intervention and draws out tips from the commissioners and practitioners involved in their development and delivery.