Life Stages · New Parents
New parents — the perinatal mental health spectrum
Postpartum Support International on the mood, anxiety, and OCD conditions that affect roughly one in five new parents.
Postpartum Support International8 min read
PSI is the major international organization for perinatal mental health, with a free helpline (1-800-944-4773, English and Spanish), a directory of trained perinatal mental health clinicians, and free peer-support groups including ones for partners, NICU parents, loss, and birth trauma.
PSI's framing is that postpartum depression is the most recognized of a much broader spectrum that also includes anxiety, OCD, PTSD, and (rarely) psychosis. Each gets its own page.
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Mental Hum publishes general education, not medical advice. If something here reflects your own experience, please consider speaking to a clinician. If you are in crisis, call or text 988.