Are you a breastfeeding mum, or wanting to breastfeed, but feeling unsupported? You are not alone. Breastfeeding Uncovered on Channel 4 discusses why Britain has some of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world tinyurl.com/ybqghqpq

The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families now offers a FREE Mental Health Awareness Training for teachers – if you are part of a secondary school, you may want to consider signing up Anna Freud annafreud.org/insights/news/…

Are at risk babies removed from their parents too soon, before the family is given proper support? New study shows mums with mental health difficulties, who are in contact with social services, often feel ‘set up to fail’, rather than supported. For help, contact Family Rights Group

Our Early Years Conference 'The many faces of parenting infants' has great speakers talking on the impact family formations & identities have on relationships & child development. Book a full day, morning/afternoon plenaries or parallel sessions on 9 June👉bit.ly/3yCnsJ0

For anyone looking for a new children’s book, I hope you’ll love An Adventure for Lia and Lion - a story that captures the magic of seeing the world through another person’s eyes… and beautifully illustrated with oil paints

So pleased to share our new paper showing a psychobiological link between infant oxytocin levels and mothers’ mind-mindedness @PeterFonagy Pasco Fearon Elizabeth Meins Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience Dr Camilla Rosan UCL Psych & Lang Sci Anna Freud Future Health - bit.ly/3Bws1uC

Infants whose mothers regularly use language to describe what their child is thinking or feeling have higher levels of the hormone oxytocin, which is important for developing social relationships and trust, finds a new study led by Dr Kate Lindley Baron-Cohen UCL Psych & Lang Sci ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/nov/…

Moms’ Baby Talk Boosts Infant Oxytocin A study reveals that when mothers frequently discuss their infant’s thoughts and feelings, it is linked to higher oxytocin levels in the child. Oxytocin, known for its role in bonding and emotional development, appears to be shaped by

“Maternal mind-mindedness and infant oxytocin are interrelated and negatively associated with postnatal depression” by Kate Lindley Baron-Cohen et al. Development and Psychopathology dx.doi.org/10.1017/S09545…

Dr Kate Lindley Baron-Cohen and colleagues from UCL Psych & Lang Sci find that infants whose mothers regularly use language to describe what their child is thinking or feeling, have higher levels of the hormone #oxytocin. bit.ly/4gaukTa

Thank you Lucy Notarantonio and Newsweek for discussing our work. Our study shows, for the first time, that an infant’s oxytocin levels are related to how much a mother talks about their infant’s thoughts and feelings newsweek.com/talking-about-…

Our new paper shows the oxytocin system, involved in mother-baby bonding, is affected during breastfeeding in mothers experiencing postnatal depression @PeterFonagy Pasco Fearon Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience Elizabeth Meins UCL Psych & Lang Sci Anna Freud Future Health sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A summary of our new paper in Psychoneuroendocrinology showing the oxytocin system is affected during breastfeeding in postnatal depression Psychology Today UCL Psych & Lang Sci Anna Freud Future Health Center for Developmental Social Neuroscience psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/clinic…

Thank you Eric W. Dolan and PsyPost.org for sharing our study psypost.org/new-research-l…

Around 50% of new mums experience mental health difficulties in pregnancy or the first year after giving birth, yet 46% of those don’t tell a clinician, fearing they would be considered incapable. #itsoktotalk #MentalHealthMatters #hiddenhalf tinyurl.com/ybwbk4lx

Great BBC documentary about the Anna Freud Centre's Family School. It follows the struggle of three of their students to get back to mainstream school, having previously been excluded because of disruptive behaviour. Anna Freud #TeacherAppreciationWeek2018 tinyurl.com/yc6nufkp

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek begins today & one year 6 girl has some thoughtful things to say about this year’s theme: #Stress. 🤔 Thank you to the players of the Postcode Lottery, whose support allows us to reach children like her & give them tools to cope with life’s challenges

MPs campaign for a six-week mental health check for all new mums, as currently around 50% struggle without appropriate support. I wonder how new mums feel about this? tinyurl.com/y9tclru3 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #HiddenHalf