Guidance & Resources

Guidance

SIGN 169: Perinatal Mental Health Conditions (2023)

This toolkit aims to support health and social care professionals, women/birthing parents and their families to work together to make the best decisions about care and support for mental health needs during and after pregnancy.

https://rightdecisions.scot.nhs.uk/mental-health-in-pregnancy-and-after-birth-sign

Resources

Maternity and Neonatal Self-help national resources

Maternity and Neonatal Online Self-Help National Resources September 2024

National Autism Implementation Team: Key Messages for Perinatal Teams

NAIT Key Messages have been tailored to meet the needs of staff working in perinatal care and are designed to guide staff in understanding and planning to meet the needs of neurodivergent people.

Video Interaction Guidance

Information about Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) can be accessed here:
https://www.videointeractionguidance.net/

Information about Circle of Security can be accessed here: https://www.circleofsecurityinternational.com/resources-for-parents

Other Useful Links

Perinatal Mental Health Curricular Framework: A Framework for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health

https://www.nn.nhs.scot/pmhn/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/06/Perinatal-MH-Curricular-Framework.pdf

Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027

http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/03/1750/0

The Best Start: A Five-Year Forward Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Care in Scotland

http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/01/7728/0

The Mental Welfare commission for Scotland 2020-21 Report

MentalHealthAct_MonitoringReport_Sep2021.pdf (mwcscot.org.uk)

Maternal and Early Years Website

www.maternal-and-early-years.org.uk

NSPCC

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/services-and-resources/research-and-resources/2015/getting-it-right/