Perinatal Perinatal mental illness affects up to 27% of new and expectant mums and covers a wide range of conditions. If left untreated, mental health issues will have a significant and long-lasting effect on the woman, the child, and the wider family. If you need support, our mental health and wellbeing team are available 9 to 5 Monday to Friday, please contact them on 01695 713248 or to self-refer please click here. Alternatively, speak to your GP about your mental health or if you feel your life is at risk right now call 999. Please use the following links to the numerous websites that offer downloadable tools, forums, advice and information for those and their family living with perinatal mental health issues with free self-help resources and apps to help support those. https://pni-uk.com/ https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/our-services/service-finder-z/perinatal-mental-health/useful-resources https://www.bestbeginnings.org.uk/baby-buddy https://www.bipolaruk.org/ https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/postnatal-depression-and-perinatal-mental-health/about-perinatal-mental-health-problems/ https://www.netmums.com/coffeehouse Need Help Now Do you feel your life is at risk right now Please note our website is NOT monitored 24/7 and we can't provide help and support outside of our business hours. If you feel suicidal, or you have seriously harmed yourself and need urgent medical help. Please: Call 999 for an ambulance Go straight to A&E, if you can Or call your local home treatment team if you have their number If you can't do this by yourself, ask someone to help you. Mental health emergencies are serious. You're not wasting anyone's time. Don’t want to call 999 If you need urgent advice but can keep yourself safe for a short while: Contact NHS 111 contact your GP surgery and ask for an emergency appointment. contact a local urgent mental health helpline. This service is currently only available in England. Need someone to talk to NOW Whatever you're going through, there are people right now you can talk to. You can: call Samaritanson 116 123 (UK-wide) text SHOUTto 85258 (UK-wide) The above FREE services are for anyone who is struggling, they are non- judgemental, it's anonymous and they are always open. Disclaimer Birchwood has taken all possible steps to ensure that the information provided on this directory is helpful, accurate and up to date. However, the information given on this website is not comprehensive and there may be inadvertent errors for which we apologise. There are links within the directory that take you to external websites which are not managed by the Birchwood and therefore we have no control of their content or changes in their services such as opening times.