• Mental Health Matters: Locally Driven Interventions for Perinatal Mental Health

  • Jun 4 2024
  • Length: 39 mins
  • Podcast

Mental Health Matters: Locally Driven Interventions for Perinatal Mental Health

  • Summary

  • Perinatal mental health (PMH) conditions, like postpartum depression and perinatal anxiety, can occur during pregnancy and up to two years after giving birth. But its impact on moms, infants, families, and communities can be felt far beyond that.

    In this episode, we speak with Dr. Prabha Chandra, a professor of perinatal psychiatry in India and co-chair of the global PMH Community of Practice, and Linos Muvhu, a passionate advocate for mental health support and founder of the Society for Pre and Post Natal Services' (SPANS), a maternal, paternal and child mental health program in Zimbabwe. We discuss the challenges of addressing PMH and why a "one-size-fits-all" approach doesn't work, and hear examples of successful PMH interventions from India and Zimbabwe.

    Together, we explore the innovative partnerships and approaches that are turning a growing global movement to address PMH into real, locally driven, context-specific programs that address mental health and the overall health and well-being of women and their babies in a way that is tailored to each community's needs.



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