Are you OK? …Really?

An essential guide for healthcare providers in Aotearoa New Zealand about a range of topics relating to perinatal distress and anxiety.

More than 25% of women and 10% of men in will develop a mental illness during pregnancy or within the first year after having a baby.

Perinatal mental illness is often unrecognised, undiagnosed and untreated and can have a devastating impact on the women and men affected as well as their families/whānau.

Identification of the illness, support and treatment are essential in assuring the mental health of women, children and their families during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

PADA has published this book as a resource for the wide range of care providers who work with families over the perinatal period, and is designed to be used as a handy reference guide.

We were thrilled to launch our PADA book “" with thanks to Pelorus Trust as part of World Maternal Mental Health Day 2018. The book features 22 chapters, writt...