Double Jeopardy @ProfMinnis #peripsych2022

Great to support my constituency neighbour Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP at the Fivexmore_ AGM and Black Maternal Health lobby. Govt need to support organisations to help solve the disparities in maternal healthcare for black women. Well done Clo & Tinuke and all the other groups #fivemore

And that’s a wrap 🎬. #PeriPsych2022

This is devastating. MBRRACE UK reports that 3x more women died by suicide than during the 2017-2019 period. The true impact of Covid, lockdown, poverty, financial crisis disproportionately on women with trauma histories

.Andrew Cairns explaining the rise in rates of teenage suicide and noting that many women who died by suicide had a trauma history - recognising the importance of a trauma history in the assessment of risk MBRRACE UK

Such very sad news. Margaret was a true visionary. She was the inspiration for a generation of doctors to train in perinatal psychiatry. She was funny, irreverent and compassionate and we loved her.

Our perinatal and infant mental health services update has been published today. Find out more about the development of services in perinatal and infant mental health across each health board in Scotland ▶️ bit.ly/Perinatal_Infa…

We are mighty proud of you Trudi Seneviratne OBE 🌠

Such important work. Trudi Seneviratne OBE 🌠 will bring her wisdom, experience and compassion to this role.

Great to have this out from ESMI-II study. Perinatal women in areas with community perinatal mental health teams have increased access to needed mental health care, and lower risk of acute relapse. Maternal Mental Health Alliance The Marcé Society SRIP PerinatalClinPsy RCPsych Perinatal Ailsa Swarbrick

Tackling health inequalities is a key priority for all our services and today we are providing all trusts in England with maternity and neonatal services the opportunity to apply for a set of clinical training aids to support care for women and babies with Black or dark skin.

Challenging but really important opening talk by Dr Andrew Cairns, presenting data from the #MBRRACE report. Maternal deaths by suicide are far too high, and we are reminded of the vulnerabilities of many in the perinatal period, and the need for timely effective care.

We are delighted to announce that this years theme for the PMHP UK Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week 29th April - 5th May is ‘Rediscovering You'. #maternalmentalhealthawarenessweek #perinatalmentalhealth #mmhaw #mmhaw24 #maternalmentalhealth

Our President Lade Smith CBE has told the The Guardian that fewer people with mental illness would need to be detained if advance choice documents were more widely used. She has called for the Mental Health Act to be reformed. Read more here: theguardian.com/society/2024/f…

The Healthy Child Programme is an eLearning programme for all healthcare professionals working with pregnancy and the first five years of life. Including 13 modules, interactive elements, case studies and self-assessments. Find out more about the programme bit.ly/RCPCH-ELFH-HCP

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The RCPsych Perinatal Trainees Conference is inviting poster submissions - deadline is the 5th March! Psychiatric Resident Doctors' Committee (PRDC) eligible submissions will be considered for the Channi Kumar poster prize. Submit your abstract here 👇 rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confere…

Registration is now open for our Free Members' Webinar for International Women's Day. Our President Lade Smith CBE will be joined by an excellent line up of speakers to discuss Data, Disaggregation and Discrimination. Read more and book you place here: rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confere…

The MMHA is a UK-wide charity and network of 130 organisations, parents, and clinicians dedicated to ensuring all women and families impacted by #PerinatalMentalHealth problems have access to high-quality, compassionate care and support. Find out more: maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/about-us