Women's Winter Webinars: Understanding postpartum psychosis

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Join us online on Wednesday 6 March for the third instalment of the Women’s Winter Webinar series from the National Centre for Mental Health.

We’re pleased to be offering a webinar series discussing how reproductive events such as pregnancy, the menstrual cycle and reproductive ageing impact the mental health of women and people assigned female at birth (AFAB).

Each webinar will feature our researchers discussing their latest work in each area and people with lived experience sharing their personal stories of these conditions.

We’re running these sessions to raise awareness of the conditions and they are open to the general public, not just health professionals and people with an interest in mental health research.

What is postpartum psychosis?

Postpartum psychosis is a serious mental health illness that affects around one in 500 mothers with symptoms usually developing within two weeks of childbirth. Symptoms can include hallucinations or rapidly changing mood.

This session is in collaboration with national charity for women and families affected by postpartum psychosis, Action on Postpartum Psychosis (APP).

The full schedule is available on the event page.