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Other Resources:
Other Useful Resources & Links 
- Break the Silence - PNI (Postnatal Illness) helps women and families experiencing mental distress in pregnancy and following childbirth access effective treatment.
 - The Association for Post Natal Illness The Association provides a telephone helpline, information leaflets for sufferers and healthcare professionals as well as a network of volunteers (telephone and postal), who have themselves experienced postnatal illness.
- Overcoming PND Site with information about alternative therapies and links. It was set up by a recovered sufferer who has done a super job
- UK Counselling Directory. The purpose of the site is ultimately to provide the UK with a huge counselling support network, enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate for their needs. This is a free, confidential service that will hopefully encourage those in distress to seek help. The website also contains a number of sections on emotional disorders (types of distress section) and provides some useful statistics.
- MedEd PPDThis is a new website funded through the NIMH, this educational resource provides healthcare professionals with materials to help screen, diagnose, treat, and refer women with postpartum depression (PPD). It includes interactive presentations/case studies, expert panel discussions, diagnostic tools, video vignettes of patients, and a comprehensive slide library. The patient section of the site contains materials for women with PPD and information for friends and family members in both English and Spanish. Links and contact information for a variety of resources are available for those in immediate need.
- Womens Mental Health This website tries to answer several questions on "baby blues," postpartum depression, and postpartum psychosis.
- APP
Is a network of women across the UK who have experienced postpartum psychosis and who want to increase public awareness and research into the condition. APP is run by a team made up of academics, health professionals and women who have recovered from PP.
- Birth Trauma Association The Birth Trauma Association supports all women who have had a traumatic birth experience.
- PNDSA - Post Natal Depression Support Association / started by a group of health professionals and women who have recovered from Postnatal Depression. We are dedicated to supporting other women who may be going through the same experience and to making it easier for them to find help.
- Postpartum Support International PSI is a non-profit organisation based in the United States. It was founded to increase awareness among the public and professional communities about the emotional difficulties that women experience during and after pregnancy.
- TABS - Trauma and Birth Stress The Organization of Teratology Information Specialists is Trauma And Birth Stress, a Charitable Trust that serves as a support group of mothers. We have in common stressful and traumatic pregnancies or births that affected our lives negatively for months or years afterwards.
http://www.tabs.org.nz/
- OTIS
Organization of Teratology Information Specialists OTIS, the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists, is a non-profit organization made up of individual services (TIS) throughout North America. We are dedicated to providing accurate evidence-based, clinical information to patients and health care professionals about exposures during pregnancy and lactation. The website includes fact sheets about exposures to diseases and medications.
- International Society for Affective Disorders - ISAD Registered Charity ISAD exists to promote research into the affective disorders through all relevant scientific disciplines, including genetics, neuroscience and the social and behavioural sciences. Inter-disciplinary research approaches are particularly highly valued by the society.
- ISPOG Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) Perinatal Section
- The Angela Harrison Charitable Trust is a registered charity which aims to help women and their families by raising awareness and providing information about postnatal depression/illness.
- Shneck.com : Directory
- Netmums : Supporting Parents since 2000
- Leana Mander : Counselling, giving professional emotional and psychological support to women and men
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