Perinatal Mental Health Services useful information
- Publication date:
- 24 August 2022
- Date range:
- August 2022 - ongoing
Useful contacts
Perinatal Mental Health Community Service (PMHCS):
Poppy House, 20-22 Oakapple Lane,
Maidstone, Kent ME16 9NW
01622 722321
Eastern and Coastal Area Offices,
Littlebourne Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1AZ
01227 768928
Elizabeth Raybould Centre, Bow Arrow
Lane, Dartford, Kent DA2 6PB
01622 722321
Referrals should be sent via kmpt.pmhcs@nhs.net
Useful contacts
CANParent
classes and advice network
www.parentinguk.org/canparent
CGL
West Kent drug and alcohol wellbeing
www.changegrowlive.org
01622 690864
Dad AF App
Making Miracles: trauma and bereavement care
Family Lives
Parenting and family support
www.familylives.org.uk
0808 800 2222
Insight Healthcare
Free NHS talking therapy service
www.insighthealthcare.org
0300 555 5555 (North and East Kent)
0300 029 3000 (Medway)
Kent Advocacy
www.kentadvocacy.org.uk
0300 343 5714
Kent Sheds
Which offers a programme of support to men with mental health problems or social isolation.
Live Well Kent and Medway
Free mental health support.
www.livewellkent.org.uk.
0800 567 7699
Maternal OCD
Mental Health Matters
www.mentalhealthmatters.com
0800 107 0160
MIND
Help for mental health problems.
www.mind.org.uk
0300 123 3393 / text 86463
National Childbirth Trust
The UK’s largest charity for parents
www.nct.org.uk
0300 330 0700
Netmums
Parenting advice and information.
No Panic
Helping to break the chains of anxiety disorders
www.nopanic.org.uk
0844 967 4848
PANDAS
Pre and post natal depression advice and support.
www.pandasfoundation.org.uk
0843 289 8401
Relate
The relationship people.
www.relate.org.uk
0300 100 1234
Rethink
Working to create better lives for people affected by mental health.
www.rethink.org
0121 522 7007
Rubicon Cares
Counselling for victims of serious crimes.
www.rubiconcares.org
01622 230736
Samaritans
www.samaritans.org
116 123
We Are With You
Free, confidential talking therapies.
www.wearewithyou.org.uk
0300 012 0012
Women’s Aid
Domestic abuse support.
www.womensaid.org.uk
0808 200 0247
Vitaminds
Talking therapy provider
www.vitalhealthgroup.co.uk
0330 0153 495
Anxiety or panic attack resources
Better Health - Every Mind Matters
Offers a personalised action plan for managing stress, anxiety and sleeplessness.
How to Stop Worrying
Frank Tallis
Overcoming Anxiety
Helen Kennerley
Overcoming Panic
Derrick Silove and Vijaya Manicavasagar
Parenting resources
Baby Buddy app
Free app for parents and parents-to-be. Available on Google Play and the App Store.
www.bestbeginnings.org.uk/baby-buddyonline
MindEd
Online advice and support you can trust
Mindful Motherhood
Cassandra Vieten.
Three Shoes, One Sock and No Hairbrush
Everything you need to know about having your second child, Rebecca Abrams.
Understanding Your Baby
Sophie Boswell.
Why Love Matters
How affection shapes a baby’s brain, Sue Gerhardt.
Suggested reading and resources for mood disorders
Eyes without sparkle
A journey through postnatal illness, Elaine Hanzak.
Mind over mood
Change how you feel by changing the way you think, Dennis Greenberger
Overcoming depression and low mood
A five areas approach, Chris Williams.
Overcoming mood swings
Jan Scott
A cheerful book about depression
Gwyneth Lewis
The feeling good handbook
David D. Burns
Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub
Help and support if you are feeling low in mood.
www.kentandmedwayccg.nhs.uk/mental-wellbeing-information-hub
Details correct at time of print: August 2022