22nd June 2020Today isInternational Fathers’ Mental Health DayI am proud to be on the same team as the awe-inspiring men who developed the day and have made it a global issue!Are you a part of it? Become involved and make a difference!Fathers get anxious and depressed too!Have you read our 5-star book? It’s increasing in price […]
IMPORTANT NEWS!! PERINATAL MH TRAINING CIC PMH Training is now registered as Perinatal MH Training and has been accredited with a Certificate of Incorporation of a Community Interest Company Company Number 12682939 Now that we are a CIC, we are able to provide more services in training in perinatal mental health (PMH) to the community. […]
International Father’s Mental Health Day 2020This year the International Fathers Mental Health Day falls on Monday 20th June, the day after Fathers Day. There is a stigma against experiencing difficulties in early parenthood for men. Society views men as stoic, self-sacrificing, and above all, strong. While men feel none of those things as new fathers, they […]
This week is Maternal Mental Health Matters Week!Several years ago, Prof Angela Bowen from Saskatchewan University and colleagues got together to for this event. I included the Welsh Version of the MaternalMHmatters logo, and helped to spread the word! MaternalMHmatters has gone from strength to strength but still needs your help!It is about Raising global […]
I have been invited to join the Marcé Society’s ‘Father’s Special Interest Group’ who are devising a white paper on the care and provision for fathers in the perinatal period. I am hoping I will be able to discuss with the Board of the Marcé Society the inclusion of a Focus on Fathers. Updates to […]
Mark and I have developed a Journal for Fathers to be used in conjunction with the father who is receiving ‘Listening Visits’. The journal captures thoughts about the Listening Visits, what was anticipated, what happened and what happens next. The Journal also contains a diary outliningthe consumption and timing of food and alcoholthe number of cigarettes […]
Mark and I had our article on ‘Fathers’ Mental Health’ published in the BJM in January 2020.What is more, it made the headlines!!!
Back on my home turf, I had the opportunity to co-train with the iHV in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health. We hosted 19 participants from all across Wales who shared their experiences. As a result, this helped to make the 2 days extremely productive and enjoyable. In light of this training they are all now […]
Emma and I met at a halfway point at the Severn Bridge Service Station. Emma is a post doctoral member of the the Marcé Society and I am mentoring her, at least I hope I am of some help! Emma would like to publish the findings from her PhD both in journals and in a […]
Mark, Maria Barvetta and I met with Mark Drakeford, when he was the Health Minister, to discuss the possibility of a new Mother and Baby Unit in Wales. The building remains under discussion with a new unit planned to open sometime in 2021
