Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare 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 or their children.

The Network is led by a steering group of representatives from leading mental health and children's organisations and service users and coordinated by the Social Perspectives Network. Service users and carers will be involved 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.

Network news

Call for Applications: Evaluation of the Right Here Initiative; Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing for Young People.

The Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the Mental Health Foundation wish to recruit an independent team to evaluate the effectiveness of the Right Here initiative, which addresses the well being and mental health needs of 16-25 year olds across the UK. Enhancing young people’s resilience, so that they are better able to navigate the complex transitions to independence is the ultimate objective of the Right Here initiative Read more..

Downing Street Petition: Help Women and their Families affected by Post Natal Depression

Elaine Hanzak who was a keynote speaker at the Beyond the Smile Study day campaigns for better services and facilities. Read more

Disclaimer: This is an independent view and does not necessarily reflect the policy of the PMHCW Network.

Keeping the Family in Mind

Read Terry Bamford's write up of the day

Beyond the Smile

now available online. Click here to view. If you would like a hard copy of this publication, please contact the Network Administrator

Mental Health Today May 2008

Mental Health Services need to realise that patients may be parents too. Catherine Jackson reports in Mental Health Today