• Postpartum Support International provides an overview of the most common postpartum mental health conditions - to access click here.

• The Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance has created excellent factsheets providing a reliable resource on maternal mental health conditions and resources. The link above takes you directly to the fact sheet providing an overview of maternal mental health conditions and you can access the complete list of fact sheets by clicking here.

• PSI HelpLine (English & Spanish) - toll free number anyone can call to get basic information, support, and resources (not a crisis support line).

• Provider Directory - search the PSI database for a provider or support group that specializes in postpartum mental health.

• Find Local Support - a trained volunteer will help you connect with provider services in your area.

• Online Support Groups (50+ categories) -virtual and free support

• Chat with an Expert for Moms -PSI hosts free, live phone sessions for moms every Wednesday.

• Chat with an Expert for Dads - PSI hosts free, live phone sessions for dads on the first Monday of each month.

• Peer Mentor Program - Dedicated Support From A Parent Who Has Been In Your Shoes.

• Postpartum Planning - free 2-hour class for expectant parents (2nd and 3rd trimester). All expectant parents are welcome: moms, birthing people, non-gestational parents, partners, couples, and single parents.

• Specialized Support Coordinators -offer understanding, education, empathy, and resource referrals to parents experiencing a wide range of situations, challenges and roles. Connect with someone who truly understands what you are facing.

• Apoyo de PSI para las familias hispano parlantes

• Plus much more!

Mother To Baby - "the nation’s leading authority and most trusted source of evidence-based information on the benefit or risk of medications and other exposures during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. We specialize in answering questions about the benefit/risk of exposures, such as medications, vaccines, chemicals, herbal products, substances of abuse, maternal health conditions and much more, during pregnancy or breastfeeding. Our no-cost information service is available to people who are pregnant and/or breastfeeding, their family members, health professionals, and the general public via chat, text, phone, and email in both English and Spanish."

This site provides a comprehensive list of the available screening tools for postpartum mood and anxiety disorders (beyond postpartum depression). You can reference the screening tools in order to facilitate conversations about what you are experiencing with your healthcare team.

¼ women will experience domestic abuse at some point in their lives.

Pregnancy and Postpartum are times with the prevalence is known to increase

For some this may be the first time they experience physical or emotional abuse

Talk to your healthcare provider. 

National Domestic Abuse Hotline.