About this service
Support for women who are pregnant, or in the first postnatal year, who are experiencing serious perinatal mental health difficulties, such as: birth trauma, psychosis, depression, anxiety, complicated reactions to loss, tokophobia.
The Perinatal Mental Health Service consists of Consultant Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Perinatal Community Psychiatric Nurses.
The service works with women who are pregnant, or in the first postnatal year, who are experiencing serious perinatal mental health difficulties.
Please be advised that the Perinatal Mental Health Team is moving towards a Single Point of Entry, based at Willenhall Primary Care Centre. As a result, referrals for the North and South Warwickshire pathway will no longer be sent to Warwick Hospital. Please send all referrals to the Single Point of Entry located at Willenhall. Please see the new referral form attached, to be used with immediate effect.
If a woman is experiencing any of the following (during pregnancy or up to 1 year postnatally):
symptoms of psychosis (which may include confusion or bizarre or out of character behaviour)
recent significant changes in mental state or emergence of new symptoms
new thoughts or acts of violent self-harm
new and persistent expressions of incompetency as a mother or estrangement from the infant.
Please refer immediately to the PMHT by phone (024 7621 2176) 9am - 5pm Monday - Friday or to the Mental Health Access Hub (0300 200 0011) out of hours, and the team will decide whether an emergency assessment (within 4 hours) is needed.
Support for women who are pregnant, or in the first postnatal year, who are experiencing serious perinatal mental health difficulties, such as: birth trauma, psychosis, depression, anxiety, complicated reactions to loss, tokophobia.
The Perinatal Mental Health Service consists of Consultant Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Perinatal Community Psychiatric Nurses.
The service works with women who are pregnant, or in the first postnatal year, who are experiencing serious perinatal mental health difficulties.
Please be advised that the Perinatal Mental Health Team is moving towards a Single Point of Entry, based at Willenhall Primary Care Centre. As a result, referrals for the North and South Warwickshire pathway will no longer be sent to Warwick Hospital. Please send all referrals to the Single Point of Entry located at Willenhall. Please see the new referral form attached, to be used with immediate effect.
If a woman is experiencing any of the following (during pregnancy or up to 1 year postnatally):
symptoms of psychosis (which may include confusion or bizarre or out of character behaviour)
recent significant changes in mental state or emergence of new symptoms
new thoughts or acts of violent self-harm
new and persistent expressions of incompetency as a mother or estrangement from the infant.
Please refer immediately to the PMHT by phone (024 7621 2176) 9am - 5pm Monday - Friday or to the Mental Health Access Hub (0300 200 0011) out of hours, and the team will decide whether an emergency assessment (within 4 hours) is needed.