General News

The Association for Post- Natal Illness (APNI) is very proud to be sponsoring the Award for Best Health Visitor at the CPHVA Conference this year.

This conference aims to learn lessons and share good and outstanding practice from the CQC inspections in mental health services to date, and support your service to improve.

NHS England has announced plans to allocate £40 million to 20 areas of the country to help fund new specialist community mental health services for mums pre- and post- birth.

Adele has revealed her problems with post natal depression after the birth of her son Angelo.

Maternal Mental Health Alliance member Best Beginnings has partnered with Sands and other Alliance members,to launch the Our Chance campaign, thanks to funding from DH and NHS England.

At APNI we think it is a good idea to suggest books which we hope will not make depressed mums feel more anxious or upset.

In the first six months of this year, 12,500 Baby Blues and Post Natal Depression leaflets have been ordered by NHS area health authorities.

This conference, chaired by Elaine Hanzak, Survivor of Postnatal Depression and Author, Eyes without Sparkle and Another Twinkle in the Eye…

We would like to share this video clip of Natalie Ellis from pni.org.uk discussing her own distressing PND story. Please do remember that however horrible

A ‘ cuddle chemical’ released during love-making and breastfeeding could hold the key to preventing post-natal depression.

We are very sad to report that Graham Pye died after a short illness on 12th June 2009. Graham was a Trustee of Mr and