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The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) has developed peer support programmes specifically for mothers with mental health issues and at risk of social exclusion.
The initiatives have been developed as part of the trust's 10-year strategy to support all parents in the first 1,000 days and reflect its wider ambition to create a peer support movement to improve parents' experiences of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.
With one in five mothers experiencing depression, anxiety or psychosis during pregnancy or the first year of their child's life, the trust says focusing on maternal mental health is vital. An NCT study of 1,000 mothers found half were unable to disclose their emotional or mental health concerns to a GP or health professional.
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