IPMHG Member Highlights & Projects
Highlighted Projects, Campaigns, and Reports:
Highlighted Projects, Campaigns, and Reports:
The Interdisciplinary Perinatal Mental Health Group (The IPMHG) has many active members working in perinatal mental health. Here you will find some highlights of current, upcoming, and IPMHG student projects.
The Interdisciplinary Perinatal Mental Health Group (The IPMHG) has many active members working in perinatal mental health. Here you will find some highlights of current, upcoming, and IPMHG student projects.
NSPCC and Maternal Mental Health Alliance Campaigns and Pandemic Reports
NSPCC and Maternal Mental Health Alliance Campaigns and Pandemic Reports
Dr. Sarah Witcombe-Hayes, Senior Policy Researcher for the NSPCC discusses the new NSPCC Fight for a Fair Start Campaign:
"NSPCC has launched a new petition
for its Fight for a Fair Start campaign, aimed at ensuring all parents across the UK can access the mental health support they need during pregnancy and after birth, in order to give their baby the best start in life. In Wales, the petition is calling on the next Welsh Government to prioritise perinatal mental health, including;
- Adequately funding specialist perinatal mental health services to meet national standards, so every expectant or new parent in every health board area can access support when it is needed
- Making sure there is a mother and baby unit accessible for all mums who need specialist inpatient care
- Ensuring that there is a dedicated perinatal mental health midwife and health visitor in each health board
- Better identifying and providing support to dads/partners experiencing perinatal mental health problems
We are asking the public to take action and sign our petition, to help make sure every family gets a fair start."
Dr. Witcombe-Hayes is also the Wales coordinator for the Maternal Mental Health Alliance's "Everybody's Business" perinatal mental health campaign, calling for all women throughout the UK who experience a perinatal mental health (PMH) problem to receive the care and support they and their families need, wherever and whenever they need it.
The maternal mental health alliance have now published a rapid evidence review on maternal health during the UK Covid-19 lockdown.
Dr. This review shows that there has been a considerable impact on maternal mental health during the pandemic. This review gives a first look at how family wellbeing has been affected, with the Maternal Mental Health Alliance calling for more research, and support for family mental health and development.
Dr. Witcombe-Hayes also submitted an evidence briefing to the Welsh Assembly's "Babies in Lockdown" debate, which The IPMHG contributed evidence to.
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Dr. Jane Hanley
ButtonParental Wellbeing In Zimbabwe During The Covid-19 Pandemic
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Current and Upcoming Projects
Upcoming and ongoing projects by members of The Interdisciplinary Perinatal Mental Health Group (IPMHG) are lead by a range of professionals including midwives, health visitors, psychologists, and psychiatrists. These projects currently include the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic for parental mental health internationally, and the role of perinatal information, education and support during this time. Watch this space for reports and highlights from these ongoing projects!
Student Project Highlights
Student Project Highlights
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Intolerance of Uncertainty and Perinatal Mental Health
ButtonStudents IPMHG members this year are researching the role of intolerance of uncertainty and perinatal mental health
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