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At COPE, we believe every parent deserves access to compassionate support and reliable information. Our mission is to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and empower families facing perinatal mental health challenges.
Your support can make a lasting impact. By donating to COPE, you help to provide vital support, resources, and research for families facing perinatal mental health challenges. Together, we can make sure no parent is alone.
Understand when to seek help, how to take the first step of talking to someone, types of support available, plus how to find specialised perinatal mental health support near you.
Mental health risk assessment tools and other resources to support health professionals deliver best-practice services, based on the recommendations of the National Guideline.
Health professionals play a key role in perinatal mental health risk assessment for women during pregnancy and early parenthood
Common signs and symptoms, assessment, management and important considerations for select perinatal mental health disorders, derived from the National Guideline.
The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) helps identify possible symptoms of depression in the perinatal period, and is useful in identifying symptoms of anxiety.
Appropriate responses to assessments, identifying treatments, actions and providers of support/treatment services for women experiencing perinatal depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and puerperal psychosis.
Assessing mother-infant interaction should be an integral part of the care of women in the postnatal period.
When to assess suicide risk: Women who appear to have suicidal thoughts should be asked about suicidal thinking and self-harm behaviour.
Managing perinatal mental health disorders is collaborative.
Some women may experience distress or symptoms of depression in the perinatal period if they feel overwhelmed and unable to manage.
Perinatal mental health informational fact sheets and resources developed specifically for health professionals.
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