Resources
Idea #1 mapping the family and support network
The Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) have created a resource hub for local commissioners and practitioners to support the Reducing Parental Conflict programme, including evidence, tools and guidance on how to take action.
Idea #3 providing information
Examples resources for providing information
Examples videos which provide information about services
- Yorkshire and Humber MBU YouTube clip
- Sussex specialist perinatal mental health service video
- Bluebells Perinatal Positivity video
Idea #4 partners’ and other family members’ own mental health needs
Online support, including peer support
- Dads Net
- LGBT Foundation
- PANDAS Foundation
- PND&Me; Twitter: @PNDandMe
Idea #6 needs as carers
Idea #7 relationship with the baby
- Baby Buddy app: evidence-based information, tools and videos for parents both during pregnancy and after the baby is born.
- Look Say Sing Play: ‘brain building’ tips for parents to add in to their daily routines with babies.
- Big Little Moments: videos and suggestions for supporting relationships with babies through daily interactions.
- Brazelton Centre UK: understanding baby behaviour & communication.
- Parent Baby Foundation (formerly PIP-UK): information about PIP services and what they offer.
- Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust have developed a visual tool (the ‘Ready to Relate cards’) designed to facilitate understanding of and enhance the parent-infant relationship, and promote infant attachment and optimal infant development.
Idea #8 Other children in the family
Resources for other children about parental mental health
- “My mum has a dodgy brain” (Devon Partnership NHS Trust). This is a film for children who have a parent with a mental health disorder.
- Leaflets for children of parents admitted to mental health wards (South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust). These are age-appropriate stories and written information to support caregivers to start conversations with children.
- “Mummy is poorly” (Zoe Robinson). This is a children’s story about a little girl whose mother has mental health difficulties, intended to help parents start up conversations with children and also to remind professionals of the need to engage with patients’ children.
- “Someone in my family has a mental illness” (Lyne Brindamour). This is a workbook for children where a family member has a mental health difficulty, which can be completed with the support of parents or health professionals.
- “My Mummy ad Me: All about Perinatal Mental Health Problems” (RCPsych). This is a workbook for young children (around 3-9 years) to help them understand maternal mental health disorders around the time of a sibling’s birth. It can be purchased online.