Resources for Moms and Families

Perinatal Positivity: a film to help new families safeguard their mental health made by ForMed_Films.

Mindful Mamas App

Mindfulness app developed by Mindful Mamas Club for moms to navigate motherhood and #postpartum mood disorders: mindfulmamasclub.com/

Postpartum Support International (PSI) Support

PSI has Support Coordinators in every US state and around the world. PSI Coordinators are trained volunteers who provide support, encouragement, information, and resources by phone, text, or email. PSI Coordinators will help connect moms, dads, and families to local providers who are trained to treat perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. To find help in your area visit the PSI website.

Postpartum psychosis: A mother’s story: Having a baby can have a huge and sometimes unexpected effect on a parent’s mental health. Catherine talks about her experiences as a new mother, her diagnosis of postpartum psychosis, and how she was able to work through such a challenging period of her life with the right support.
The Postpartum Psychosis video is in Baby Buddy app along with 47 other mental health (Out of the Blue) videos available, to help parents and parents-to-be understand the experience better, knowing it really can happen to anyone, when and where to seek help and that there is light in the end of the tunnel.

New York State PMAD Resource Directory

New York State-wide PMAD Resource Directory updated in March, 2020. Download the PDF

Boston, Massachusetts USA Emergency Services

Acute Psychiatry Service at Massachusetts General Hospital – The Acute Psychiatry Service, or APS, is located within the MGH Emergency Department. They are a 24-hour service that provides diagnosis and treatment of acute psychiatric and neuropsychiatric emergencies. (617) 726-2994. womensmentalhealth.org/resource/patient-support-services/

Portland, Oregon USA Support Groups

Baby Blues Connection currently offers support groups in the Portland Metro area of Oregon. Our MamaCare groups are designed to help and support pregnant women and postpartum women as we learn to handle stress related to becoming parents as well focusing on depression, anxiety and birth trauma. All of our trained facilitators utilize the same techniques. babybluesconnection.org/finding-help/bbc-groups/

British Columbia Group Therapy and Information Sessions

British Columbia Children’s Hospital hosts various events throughout the year covering topics raging from postpartum depression and anxiety, tips on how to get your baby to fall asleep, learning a baby’s body language for fullness and hunger cues, introducing solid food to your baby, amongst others! reproductivementalhealth.ca/upcoming-events

Postpartum Support Network: Feel Something Say Something 3.0 Project

Feel Something Say Something 3.0 Project in 4 Steps: 1) Education, 2) Screening, 3)Treatment, 4) Road to Recovery (Support Groups). In partnership with Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT) Foundation, PSN educated over 3500 women during hospital outreaches and special events in Lagos and Abuja in 2018. PSN screened over 2000 women and 620 of them presented symptoms of postpartum depression. PSN was able to provide treatment for ten (10) women with severe cases of Postpartum depression out of the six hundred and twenty (620) women whose screening result indicated high risk. Currently, they have fifteen (15) women undergoing therapy with our clinical team and plans are underway to providing additional treatment plans for three hundred (300) Mothers in 2019. Read More

Already Radiant: Better Coping Skills Course

Learn better coping skills, end negative thoughts, and find confidence as a new mom. The self-paced, skill-building course Stop The Overwhelm: Taking Care of Yourself as a New Mom is coming soon here.

Podcast: A Moment for Mom by Nayris sanchez

A space for mother’s, soon to be moms or anyone wanting to learn or be part of a community that will touch of different aspects of motherhood. The ugly, the beautiful and the REAL DEAL. A space for like-minded women can come and let their hair down and speak the reality of motherhood without JUDGEMENT. Listen to the podcast: Spotify | Apple

Documentary: While Time Stands Still

Elena Miliaresis, director / producer of the documentary While Time Stands Still, says that her film captured how postpartum depression led to suicidal ideation followed by an attempted suicide of one of the protagonists. Against the background of war, While Time Stands Still, which aired on PBS, ABC and NPR, depicts how families, wives, mothers cope with their loved ones at war in Iraq and Afghanistan. You can find out more and watch the trailer on her website.

Blog: Running in Triangles

Running in Triangles is a blog about maternal mental health and self-care for moms helping to spread the message “stay strong and speak up.” Last year, they ran a series of guest posts and invited women to share their own postpartum depression story. This year they have a set of 10 questions about postpartum depression that mothers can answer, in order to show the similarities and differences of maternal mental illness. Visit the Running in Triangles blog to read more and see the questions.