Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service

The Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service (SPMHS) is a community-based service for mums with severe mental health difficulties either now or in the past, during pregnancy or up to a year after birth. The service is provided by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The SPMHS comprises four teams of perinatal mental health professionals from a range of different disciplines. These include psychiatrists, mental health nurses, psychologists, parent-infant psychotherapists and nursery nurses.

The Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service (SPMHS) is a community-based service for mums with severe mental health difficulties either now or in the past, during pregnancy or up to a year after birth.

The service is provided by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

The SPMHS comprises four teams of perinatal mental health professionals from a range of different disciplines. These include:

  • psychiatrists
  • mental health nurses
  • psychologists
  • parent-infant psychotherapists
  • nursery nurses

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