Early intervention can help women to adjust and prevent more serious mental health problems from developing.
Birth trauma
Definitions of birth trauma plus risk factors, symptoms, prevention and treatment of PTSD following birth trauma.
The importance of early intervention
The early postnatal period is a time of emotional change for most women. Some women may experience distress or symptoms of depression at this time if they feel overwhelmed and unable to manage. They may also experience disappointment and grief if something has gone wrong or their expectations of the pregnancy and birth are not realised.
Early intervention, in the form of support or specific care, can help women to adjust and prevent more serious mental health problems from developing. The early postnatal period is also the time when symptoms of puerperal psychosis emerge.
Support and specific care in the early postnatal period
Information for health professionals
Body image and eating disorders
Body image in pregnancy and following birth, plus risk factors, signs and symptoms and therapeutic support for eating disorders in the perinatal period.
Complex trauma
Trauma-informed care, recognising signs and symptoms, responding to disclosure, and supporting recovery - for both health professionals and therapists.
Family Violence - Information for health professionals
What health professionals need to know
Hyperemesis Gravidarum (nausea and vomiting in pregnancy)
Information for health professionals
Infertility and mental health Information for health professionals
Research has shown that the process of assisted reproduction is associated with increased anxiety, depression and stress.
Intrusive thoughts - Information for health professionals
Intrusive thoughts - Information for health professionals
Loneliness in early parenthood - Information for health professionals
Having social support from other mothers can have a positive impact in navigating the ups and downs of early parenthood.
Managing perinatal anxiety - Information for health professionals
Psychosocial support, psychological therapies and pharmacological treatments for perinatal anxiety, plus practice points to remember.
Recommended Assessment and Treatment of Perinatal OCD - Information for health professionals
One hundred and two statements were endorsed for inclusion in the final set of recommendations for clinical best practice with perinatal OCD.
Providing support following a miscarriage
Information for therapists
Providing support following a miscarriage - Information for frontline health professionals
Providing support following a miscarriage - Information for frontline health professionals
Providing support following a stillbirth
What hospital staff need to know
Stillbirth and neonatal loss
Information for therapists.
People who may require additional support in the perinatal period
There are a groups who are likely to require additional support in the perinatal period due to heightened risk factors and/or special circumstances.
