News, reports and resources

Perinatal webinar #2 - 16 July 2020

In this webinar, chaired by Dr Jo Black, Faculty Chair, Dr Hind Khalifeh, the Faculty’s Academic Secretary, gives an overview of perinatal research and Covid-19.

We then hear from the perinatal leads in the devolved nations: Dr Julie Anderson (Northern Ireland), Dr Sue Smith (Wales) and Dr Selena Gleadow-Ware (Scotland).

Watch perinatal webinar #2

Perinatal webinar #1 - 9 April 2020

In this webinar, Dr Livia Martucci, the Faculty’s Academic Secretary, talks about how community services in London are coping with COVID-19 and Harriet Clarke gives an update from the Perinatal Quality Network.

Watch perinatal webinar #1

Other COVID-19 resources

You can also view the main College resources on COVID-19.

COVID-19: Mental health before, during and after pregnancy - resources for patients

Newsletter

Latest edition

• Winter 2018-2019 (PDF)

Past editions

•  Spring 2018 (PDF)
• Autumn 2017 (PDF)

If you would like to access previous editions, please email our archivist.

Podcasts

• Perinatal Psychiatry Annual Conference podcast

• CR164 Parents as patients: Supporting the needs of patients who are parents and their children (PDF)
• CR197 Perinatal mental health services: Recommendations for the provision of services for childbearing women (PDF)

The Quality Network for Perinatal Mental Health Services

These resources from NHS England and NHS Improvement have been produced with women with experience of perinatal mental health conditions to increase knowledge about perinatal mental illness.

• Best Beginnings
• Maternal OCD (charity)
• Maternal MH Alliance
• World Psychiatric Association: Women's Mental Health Section
• International Marcé Society
• Break the silence
• Action on Puerperal Psychosis
• APP's patient perspective on Puerperal Psychosis
• The Angela Harrison Charitable Trust
• Delivering high quality, effective, compassionate care: Developing the right people with the right skills and the right values. A mandate from the Government to Health Education England
• NICE Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health Guideline
• MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Mortality Surveillance report for births in 2016
• A Framework for Maternity Services in Scotland
• Early Intervention - Next Steps (Graham Allen MP)

We produce a variety of pages about maternal mental health that are co-produced with psychiatrists and patients.

Problems & Disorders

• Perinatal OCD for carers
• Postpartum psychosis for carers
• Postpartum psychosis
• Postnatal depression
• Postnatal depression for carers
• Postnatal depression: key facts
• Perinatal OCD

Support, Care & Treatment

• Antipsychotic medication in pregnancy
• What are perinatal mental health services
• Lithium in pregnancy and breastfeeding
• Children's Social Services and Safeguarding
• What is a Mother and Baby unit?
• Valproate
• Mental Health in pregnancy
• Planning a pregnancy

• 2019 Business meeting minutes (PDF) 
• 2018 Business meeting minutes (PDF)
• 2017 Business meeting minutes (PDF)