{"id":740,"date":"2020-04-24T11:57:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T10:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmhn.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=740"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:15:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:15:29","slug":"guidance-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pmhn\/professionals\/guidance-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidance &amp; Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guidance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sign.ac.uk\/media\/2161\/sign-169-perinatal-final.pdf\">SIGN 169: Perinatal Mental Health Conditions (2023)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rightdecisions.scot.nhs.uk\/mental-health-in-pregnancy-and-after-birth-sign\">https:\/\/rightdecisions.scot.nhs.uk\/mental-health-in-pregnancy-and-after-birth-sign<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Maternity and Neonatal Self-help national resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pmhn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/09\/2024-09-Maternity-and-Neonatal-Resources-V1.0.pdf\">Maternity and Neonatal Online  Self-Help National Resources September 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">National Autism Implementation Team: Key Messages for Perinatal Teams<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thirdspace.scot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NAIT-Key-Messages-for-Perinatal-Teams-2024.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thirdspace.scot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NAIT-Key-Messages-for-Perinatal-Teams-2024.pdf\">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.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video Interaction Guidance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Information about Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) can be accessed here:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.videointeractionguidance.net\/\">https:\/\/www.videointeractionguidance.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information about Circle of Security can be accessed here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.circleofsecurityinternational.com\/resources-for-parents\/\">https:\/\/www.circleofsecurityinternational.com\/resources-for-parents<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Useful Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>Perinatal Mental Health Curricular Framework: A Framework for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pmhn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/06\/Perinatal-MH-Curricular-Framework.pdf\">https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pmhn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/06\/Perinatal-MH-Curricular-Framework.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Publications\/2017\/03\/1750\/0\">http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Publications\/2017\/03\/1750\/0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Perinatal Mental Health Specification<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/perinatal-mental-health-service-specification\">https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/perinatal-mental-health-service-specification<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Best Start: A Five-Year Forward Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Care in Scotland<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a 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