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World Maternal Mental Health Day
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Why Maternal Mental Health Should be a Priority
World Maternal Mental Health Day draws attention to essential mental health concerns for mothers and families. Life changes around pregnancy make women more vulnerable to mental illness. The negative cycle of poverty and mental illness impact on a woman’s ability to function and thrive. This may also directly affect her foetus or child, with long-lasting physical, cognitive and emotional outcomes. Mental health care provides the necessary support to empower women to identify resources and personal capabilities. This can enhance their resilience to difficult life circumstances and support them to nurture their children optimally. Caring for mothers is a positive intervention for long-term social development.
MMH task force
Maternal Mental Health Advocates
Center of Perinatal Excellence
Australia
COPE connects, informs and empowers individuals to reduce the personal, social and economic impacts of perinatal mental health disorders in the community. We raise awareness and understanding of perinatal mental health and best practice, support professionals through innovation in screening and referral, and inform governments and health providers through advocacy and applied research.
MATERNA Salud Mental Perinatal
Argentina
Materna Salud Mental Perinatal Somos una organización Argentina que promueve la difusión, investigación, prevención y tratamiento de los problemas de salud mental que pueden afectar a las mujeres jóvenes y adultas en ocasión de embarazo, parto y puerperio. Funcionamos interdisciplinariamente psicólogos perinatales, psiquiatras perinatales y madres que han padecido algún problema de salud mental perinatal.
Maternal Mental Health Awareness Alliance
Turkey
Turkey Maternal Mental Health Awareness Alliance focuses on prevention, screening, improved treatment of pregnancy and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders which affect approximately 14-36% of moms in Turkey. Coordinator: Prof.Dr.Nazan Aydın, Bakirkoy Women Mental Health Center
Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA)
UK
The Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) is a coalition comprising over eighty UK professional and patient organisations aiming to improve the mental health and wellbeing of women and their children in pregnancy and the first postnatal year.
Maternal Wellness Clinic
Canada
The Maternal Wellness Clinic assesses and treats women and men in Ontario who have perinatal psychiatric illnesses. We provide econsults on OTN. We offer evidence-based, holistic prevention and treatment strategies, including Interpersonal and Cognitive-behavioural therapies and medication management.
MotherFirst: Maternal Mental Health Strategy
Canada
The Maternal Mental Health Strategy was created in 2010 by a group of healthcare professionals, women, and government staff to improve screening, treatment, awareness, and policy in Saskatchewan, Canada. The first Maternal Mental Health Day was proclaimed in May, 2014. Chair: Angela Bowen, RN PhD, University of Saskatchewan.
Perinatal Mental Health Project
South Africa
The Perinatal Mental Health Project in South Africa addresses the crisis of mental illness related to pregnancy among women living in adversity. We are based at the University of Cape Town and located within the Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health.
Postpartum Support International
USA
Postpartum Support International (PSI) provides direct peer support to families, trains professionals, and provides a bridge to connect them. PSI has volunteer coordinators throughout the United States and in 42 countries.
Postpartum Support Network
Nigeria
Postpartum Support Network (PSN) is set up to provide support for families and mothers suffering postpartum depression and related illnesses in Africa. PSN is leading an awareness campaign on postpartum depression in Nigeria, Educating mothers, and offering them FREE postpartum depression screening. PSN is also leading a research on the prevalence of PPD in Nigeria.
Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Aotearoa (PADA)
New Zealand
To eliminate the stigma around perinatal mental health in New Zealand by championing awareness and facilitating best practice in perinatal mental health and wellbeing to ensure all families have access to appropriate information and support.
PADA was formerly the Perinatal Mental Health New Zealand Trust (PMHNZ)
Reproductive Mental Health Programme
Canada
The BC Provincial RMH Program consists of a multidisciplinary team of specialized professionals with many years of clinical and research experience. We work with women and their families who are dealing with mental health challenges or disorders related to pregnancy, postpartum, pregnancy loss, and infertility.
Sociedad Marcé Espanola (MARES)
Spain
The Spanish Marcé Society (MARES) is a Regional Group of the International Marce Society. The society wants to promote, facilitate, and communicate about research into all aspects of the perinatal mental health in Spanish language being active in Spain and Latin America.
German Speaking Marcé Society
Germany
The German Marce Society is a regional group of the International Marce Society (IMS).
We are active in 4 german speaking countries: Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy
We support the same issues as the IMS on a local level and hold meetings in german language.
The International Marce Society
International
The Marce Society is so happy to support World Maternal Mental Health Day. It fits with our goal to promote, facilitate, and communicate about research that improves the mental health of women, their infants, and partners.
SOCIÉTÉ MARCÉ FRANCOPHONE
France
SMF vise l’amélioration de la compréhension, de la prévention et du traitement des troubles psychiques et relationnels liés à la puerpéralité et à leur retentissement dans le champ de la petite enfance. Ses objectifs : passage des connaissances, information, formation, recherche.
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