Proposal of an ecosystemic model for comprehensive perinatal mental health care

Ibone Olzaa  , Patricia Fernández Lorenzob  , Ana González Uriartec  , Francisco Herrero Azorínd  , Susanna Carmona Cañabatee  , Alfonso Gil Sanchezf  , Esperanza Amado Gómezg  , María Emilia Diph  a) Perinatal Psychiatrist. European Institute of Perinatal Mental Health, Madrid. b) Clinical psychologist. Health Zone III. Mental Health Service in the Principality of Asturias. c) Health Service of Navarra. Infant-Juvenile Mental Health Centre in Pamplona (CSMIJ Natividad Zubieta). d) Social…

Mind the Mum: Project meeting in Gdańsk

Since 2024, the European Institute of Perinatal Mental Health (EIPMH) has been a partner in the European project Mind the Mum. Coordinated by Eleni Hadjigeorgiou, midwife and researcher at the Cyprus University of Technology, the project brings together psychologists from the same university, activists from the organisation Birth Forward, the Faculty of Psychology at the…

Maternal Mental Health Matters

After birth, so much is checked. The baby’s weight. The feeding. The healing body. The appointments. The routines. But what about the mother’s wellbeing? Maternal mental health should not depend on whether someone happens to notice, whether a mother has the words to explain what she is experiencing, or whether she reaches breaking point before…