{"id":2373,"date":"2022-11-02T15:19:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T15:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmhn.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=2373"},"modified":"2024-06-21T12:41:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T11:41:32","slug":"care-pathways-mother-and-baby-unit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pmhn\/women-and-families-2\/access-to-specialist-care-in-scotland\/care-pathways-mother-and-baby-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scottish Perinatal Mental Health Care Pathways &#8211; Mother and Baby Units"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pathway 4: What\u2019s a Mother and Baby Unit? How can it help me and my baby?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pathway 4: What&#039;s a Mother and Baby Unit? How can it help me and my baby?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/spYSVMlg9LM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mother and Baby Units (MBUs) are mental health wards specifically designed for mothers to be with their babies while they have the treatment they need to get better. The professionals looking after you are there not just to treat you but also to give you extra support in caring for your baby. Alongside mental health staff, the team includes nursery nurses, health visitors, parent-infant therapists, and peer support workers to make sure both you and your baby get all the help you need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links to more information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><u>Please note<\/u><\/em><em>: PMHN Scotland cannot be responsible for the content of any external links provided.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmhn.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/06\/Care-Pathways-full.pdf\">Pathway 4: Admission to an MBU<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcpsych.ac.uk\/mental-health\/treatments-and-wellbeing\/mother-and-baby-units-(mbus)\">Royal College of Psychiatrists Leaflet \u2013 Mother and Baby Units<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcpsych.ac.uk\/mental-health\/problems-disorders\/postpartum-psychosis-in-carers\">Royal College of Psychiatrists Leaflet \u2013 Postpartum psychosis: Information for carers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.app-network.org\/research-into-postpartum-psychosis\/research-into-mother-and-baby-units\/\">Action on Postpartum Psychosis \u2013 UK Mother and Baby Units<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links to local services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Livingston Mother and Baby Unit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/239798213\">Information Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">West of Scotland Mother and Baby Unit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mffgx-L_Q10\">Information Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsggc.scot\/hospitals-services\/services-a-to-z\/perinatal-mental-health-service\/west-of-scotland-mother-and-baby-unit\/\">MBU Information for Women and Families<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">Pathway 4: What\u2019s a Mother and Baby Unit? How can it help me and my baby? Mother and Baby Units [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":1498,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2373","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pmhn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pmhn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pmhn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pmhn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pmhn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2373"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pmhn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3026,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pmhn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2373\/revisions\/3026"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pmhn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pmhn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}