UK-Southeast Asia Collaboration in Perinatal Mental Health
Empowering women through healthy minds
Empowering women
Perinatal mental health
Perinatal mental illness (most commonly anxiety and/or depression affects around 1 in 5 women during pregnancy and the first year following childbirth. It can have serious negative impacts on the wellbeing and welfare of women, their children and families. Research has suggested that the numbers of women experiencing perinatal mental illness in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is three times higher than in high income countries (HIC). However, perinatal mental illness is largely under-reported and under-treated in many
LMICs.
The UK-SEA Collaboration in Mental Health brings together academics, clinicians, public health experts and women with the aim of research and resources to improve perinatal mental health care for women. We aim to provide information and resources to enable better detection and help seeking for mental health problems during pregnancy and up to one year following the birth of a baby.
"Our Quote"
“ For too long many women across the globe have suffered from the hidden problem of
perinatal mental illness. We want to empower women and Healthcare Practitioners to be
partners together to support and learn from each other, in order to improve perinatal mental
health. We support women’s rights to flourish in pregnancy and beyond, and not experience
any stigma related to their mental health and wellbeing.”
Our Partners
Contact us: email for our collaboration (which could be monitored for 3 months of the year
by each partner country to share the burden? Would this work or does it need to be
monitored by all for picking up communication in different languages.)
Disclaimer: We will aim to respond to any contacts using our email, however, this website is
not continually monitored and anyone seeking help for mental health problems should use
one of the country specific contacts of this website.