A dual crisis
This report explores the impact of poverty and benefit conditionality on the mental health of parents and children.
Type: Publication
Podcast: Venus Madden
Venus Madden tells us about her experiences of miscarriage and postnatal depression, as well as the impact of moving to the UK from Hong Kong as a teenager.
Type: Blog
Super Troupers: The mental health burden of trying to do it all
In his final piece as our writer in residence, Andrew K Kauffmann explores his experience as part of the “sandwich generation” – caring for a young child while also supporting an ageing parent with Alzheimer’s, and the mix of emotions and challenges that come with the terrain.
Type: Page
Podcast: The intergenerational impacts of racism
Thea Joshi is joined by Centre for Mental Health’s Associate Director for Policy, Kadra Abdinasir, to discuss the way racial trauma affects multiple generations of a family.
Type: Blog
Maternal mental health: A briefing for integrated care systems
Integrated care systems can ensure women who need support for their mental health during the perinatal period get the right level of help at the right time, close to home.
Type: Publication
Reaching all mothers – Black maternal mental health
Sandra Igwe looks at the way racial inequalities can affect mothers’ mental health
Type: Blog
A sound investment
How we can address a major gap in maternal mental health support through expanding the workforce, improving training and addressing inequalities
Type: Publication
Black maternal mental health: speaking out on inequalities
Andy highlights the inequalities Black women face in motherhood and reiterates the need for systems which are designed for equality
Type: Blog
Maternal mental health during a pandemic
We conducted a rapid evidence review of the impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of new and expectant mothers, and the support that’s been available during the pandemic
Type: Publication
Taking care of maternal mental health during Covid-19
Maria explains how the Maternal Mental Health Alliance are campaigning to support mothers and families during the pandemic
Type: Blog