The Scottish Perinatal Mental Health Care Pathways
If you are struggling with your mental health in pregnancy or after having a baby, or if you have a mental health problem and want advice about planning a pregnancy, your GP, midwife or health visitor are there to listen, and to offer you support and care.
If more support or treatment is needed, these five pathways are designed to help women, their infants and families, know what specialist perinatal and infant mental health care is available in Scotland.
The pathways explain how specialist services can help through short videos and some useful links. We have also included information on local services, where that is available.
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Pathway 1: What’s preconception advice? How can it help me if I’m planning a pregnancy?
Pathway 3: What are Community Perinatal Mental Health Teams? How can they help me and my baby?
Pathway 4: What’s a Mother and Baby Unit? How can it help me and my baby?
Pathway 5: What is parent-infant therapy? How can it help me and my baby?
Useful links about perinatal and infant mental health
(PMHN Scotland is not responsible for the content of external links)
The Scottish Perinatal Mental Health Care Pathways
Royal College of Psychiatrists Mental Health Information
Mind – Perinatal Mental Health Information