Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare Network
Aims of Network
The Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare Network is a development Network set up to promote joint working between social care and health staff working with parents with mental health problems and their children. This includes encouraging joint understanding across adult mental health and children’s services and raising awareness of good practice in whole family thinking and working.
The Network is led by a steering group of representatives from leading mental health, family, children's and carers’ organisations and networks as well as service users who are parents. It is coordinated by the Social Perspectives Network and supported by the Department for Children Schools and Families. We aim to involve service users and carers in every aspect of the Network development and evaluation to make sure that the Network's activities are user-focused.
Membership of the Network is free. Join here
News
Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare Network - Study Day no. 5
Personality Disorders and Parenting: how can we support better parenting?
Fresh, exciting, innovative – these are a few of the words used by participants giving feedback about our last PD and parenting study day held in Leeds in March. Our second event exploring this challenging arena will have creative approaches and personal stories at its heart.
Free places are available for service users and people who are unwaged. For all bookings received before 11th November 2009 an early bird rate of £95 will be invoiced. Any subsequent bookings will be charged at the full price of £125.
For more information and to book a place click here
Request for information
Dear All
I am writing to you at the suggestion of Cathy Freese, the National Perinatal Mental Health Project Lead
I have been commissioned by the National Mental Health Development Unit (NMHDU) to produce a report on the current state of perinatal mental health provision in the country – with a particular focus on provision for Black and minority ethnic (BME) women.
I would be most grateful if you could let me know what is happening in your area. To assist you, we have devised a questionnaire with the support of others with expertise in this area – a copy is attached. I would be most grateful if you would complete it and return asap.
If you do not feel that you are the most appropriate person to do this, I would be grateful if you would pass the message on to the person(s) who you think would be better positioned to provide valid, up to date information about perinatal mental healthcare in your area. Please accept my apologies if you receive multiple copies!
I would be happy to discuss this further with you if you think a conversation would help to clarify any matters
As the NMHDU are keen to have this information as quickly as possible, I should be most grateful if you would respond at your earliest convenience
I look forward to hearing from you in due course
Best regards
Dawn
Dr Dawn Edge
Research Fellow
Room 5.333, University Place
Faculty of Medical & Human Sciences
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
Email: dawn.edge@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 306 7650
AVAILABLE NOW - the Long Awaited Guidelines
Think child, think parent, think family: a guide to parental mental health and child welfare.
Improving Opportunities and outcomes for parents with mental health needs and their children
A review of the implementation of Action 16 of the Mental Health and Social Exclusion Action Plan 2005 - 2008
