Perinatal Parent Infant Mental Health Service - NELFT
The perinatal parent infant mental health services (PPIMHS) is a specialist psychiatric and psychological service. The team is made up of three groups of clinicians:
- perinatal psychiatrists
- perinatal community mental health practitioners
- psychotherapists/psychologists
The psychiatric component of the service works with women with mental health problems during pregnancy and up to a year postnatally. The psychological component of the service works with parents and children up until the age of three to address attachment difficulties to prevent complex mental health problems when the babies and toddlers become older.
Perinatal psychiatrists can offer assessment and treatment, including advice on medication during pregnancy and while breastfeeding work closely with maternity services by holding joint obstetric/psychiatric clinics
Perinatal community mental health practitioners can provide intensive support and offer home visits assist in getting help from other services such as children’s centres.
Psychotherapists and psychologists work with the service user, their partner and baby together to help adjust to the changes that can come with pregnancy and caring for a new baby.
If the service user already has a care coordinator, they will remain involved in their care.
Who to contact
- Telephone
- 0300 555 1119
- PerinatalService@nelft.nhs.uk
- Website
- NELFT
Where to go
- Address
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Goodmayes Hospital site
157 Barley Lane
Goodmayes
- Postcode
- IG3 8XJ
Time / Date Details
- When is it on
- 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday
- Time of day
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Afternoon
Morning
Other Details
Availability
- Referral required
- Yes
- Referral Details
Referrals will be accepted from any professional - most of our referrals come from social workers, GPs, health visitors, midwives, other mental health services, obstetricians, other perinatal services. Self-referrals will also be accepted. The service accepts antenatal referral directly.
Criteria: Pregnant and has current mental health difficulties. People with bonding and attachment difficulties with their baby. Postnatal referrals should go to the borough based access and assessment teams first, unless there are bonding and attachment difficulties.
Exclusions: Substance misuse problems in the absence of mental health problems.
- Other notes
- Related links
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NELFT