Maternal Mental Health Scotland
  • For those affected
    • How can pregnancy affect my mental health?
    • What is postnatal depression?
    • Why is this happening to me?
    • How can I support her?
    • What is postpartum psychosis?
  • Getting help
    • What will happen if I need help?
    • If I need medical advice, who do I contact?
    • Who will be helping us?
    • What’s a Mother and Baby Unit like?
    • What if I have had mental health problems in the past?
    • Links to ongoing support for women, partners and families
  • Resources
    • FAQ
    • Multimedia resources
    • Guideline Reports
    • Reading List
    • About Us
  • News and Events
    • News
    • Christine’s tour
  • Everyone’s Business

Education and resources about perinatal mental health


Leiden

by MMHS • 22 September 2015

Dr Christine Puckering is on a Winston Churchill Fellowship Tour, looking at how babies at social risk are identified early, even in pregnancy, and what services are put in place to promote a secure attachment between mother and child and father and child.

Christine is going to provide regular blogs on her tour of Netherlands, Iceland, Norway & Finland.

Exploring what makes children grow up so happy in the Netherlands brings in new questions. Unlike Norway, parental leave is very limited three months after delivery for the mother and a measly two days for fathers though this is about to rise to five!

Seventy five percent of Dutch mothers however opt to work part time after having a child and this is a rising trend for fathers too. Child care is considered expensive by parents, but is subsidised on a sliding scale according to income. The rate of subsidy changes from year to year depending on the national budget but is now expected to rise sharply for second and subsequent children, as the economy revives and the government tries to tempt women back to work.

Recent changes in strategy and legislation also mean that all early childhood and child protection services are now managed at a local level. The aim is to involve families more in the decisions made about their children and to activate local resources but only time will tell if this makes things better or not!

Lovely to have the weekend “off”, except of course for profound thoughts. The apple cake and the icecream are probably a danger to health!

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Print

Related


Find information

Recent posts

  • Online Public Engagement Events in May – Mother and Baby Unit (MBU) capacity in Scotland
  • Peer Support Worker, Perinatal Mental Health, Leverndale Hospital, Glasgow (Job Advert)
  • The Need for a Mother & Baby Unit in the North East of Scotland
  • MMHS New Staff
  • Options to increase Mother & Baby Unit capacity – consultation now LIVE

External Resources

  • National Childbirth Trust
  • Bluebell PND Counselling Service
  • Association for Post Natal Illness
  • Mellow Parenting
  • Maternal Mental Health Alliance
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists
  • Royal College of Midwives
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Donate to support us
Please donate to support our work.

We have created this site to provide you with information and resources. However, this site is not medical advice and is provided for your information only. Maternal Mental Health Scotland cannot provide medical or health advice through this web site.

If you need assistance, please speak with your GP or contact the resources available to you within your local health board.

Find who can help me in my community

Third sector web design by Idea15 Web Design
Maternal Mental Health Scotland is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. No: SC044891
Registered Office: Studio 1015, Mile End Mill, Abbeymill Business Centre, Seedhill Road, Paisley PA1 1 TJ Email
©2014-2017 Maternal Mental Health Scotland