Maternal Mental Health guidebook for care providers – PMHP

Written by the Perinatal Mental Health Project (PMHP), South Africa and edited by Prof Dave Woods

The Maternal Mental Health book was written for doctors, nurses and social workers caring for women before and after birth. It provides a clear guide to supporting mental health in the perinatal period. Read the book online

Perinatal Digital Screening – COPE

COPE Centre of Perinatal Excellence has created a digital screening resource known as iCOPE Digital Screening. It is an interactive web-based platform that pulls up selected screening questions and questionnaires during a consultation with a provider to identify perinatal mental health issues.

Community Wellness Outreach

Amela Sandra Dzurlic offers case management and community health outreach by teaching seminars. In terms of case management, she provides assessment in evaluating whether or not a woman qualifies for a variety of government services such as food stamps, rental assistance, child care expense coverage, social security benefits, and other sources of income assistance.

She also runs a blog: byAmelaSandra.blogspot.com where she shares safety planning information, self-care articles, and more to come. You can find her on twitter @Amela_Sandra and facebook at www.facebook.com/ByAmelaSandra/

Identifying perinatal depression (Hebrew)

The Israel Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, has published a directive regarding EPDS screening in pregnancy and postpartum. The directive is available online in Hebrew.