PATHways to improving PerinAtal menTal Health…
We want to help expectant and new mums, dads and partners to understand perinatal mental illness and know where to find support if they need it.
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Information about who to contact for immediate help with your mental health is available here.
Becoming a new parent should be an exciting time however for up to one in five women this isn’t the case. According to a study by LSE, the average cost to society of one case of perinatal depression is around £74,000, of which £23,000 relates to the mother and £51,000 relates to impacts on the child.
PATH is an EU-funded project which aimed to enable women, families and healthcare professionals to prevent, diagnose and successfully manage mild and moderate perinatal mental health issues.
Becoming a parent is an exciting time, but it can also be challenging as you embark on your parenting journey. It can affect the way parents feel, as well as their mental wellbeing.
Mental health conditions such as postnatal depression and anxiety are not always recognised and treated.
PATH helps parents, the wider family, employers and healthcare professionals to find support and information to help with the parenting journey. PATH aims to promote positive parenting experiences and enable parents to feel confident in seeking self-help or professional support, leading to happier and healthier families.
PATH developed this online multi-media international support hub.
PATH was been awarded more than €5 million of European funding to this €8.5 million partnership.
This cross-border initiative involved thirteen partners from France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK. PATH will prepare parents pre-birth for their new role and help them avoid PMI. The project aimed to improve the skills of healthcare professionals equipping them to address PMI confidently and effectively.
PATH innovatively designed, delivered and implemented new, durable services both online and face-to-face, aiming to increase recognition and prevention of PMI and support new families’ mental wellbeing.
A course of support sessions for families in mixed groups of pre-pregnant/pregnant/parenthood & a model of holistic family support.
This model includes peer supporter training and network of intergenerational community support groups to increase recognition and understanding of PMI and enable greater community support to new families.
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