CANADIAN PERINATAL MENTAL
HEALTH COLLABORATIVE
Calling for a national strategy for perinatal mental health / Appel
à l’action pour une stratégie nationale en matière de santé
mentale périnatale
WHAT IS THE CPMHC?
Our mission at the CPMHC is to lobby the federal government to create a national perinatal mental health strategy that will provide direction, policy, and funding for improvements to perinatal mental health care including universal screening and timely access to treatment for all individuals during preconception, pregnancy and the postpartum periods.
Our Campaigns
Welcome to the official site for the Canadian
Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative!
Welcome to the official site for the Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative!
We are Canada’s first and only perinatal mental health advocacy organization calling on the federal government
to enact a national perinatal mental health strategy.
Our National Committee is comprised of numerous heath care practitioners, researchers, and individuals with
lived experience representing all provinces and territories. Our Social Media Ambassadors are savvy individuals
with lived experience who help us with our social media campaigns.
Join Flora's Walk
CPMHC is holding its first national WALK-A-THON on May 4th, 2022, World Maternal Mental Health Day. The walk is named after Flora Babakhani, a Canadian mom who tragically lost her life to postpartum psychosis on January 14th, 2022
OUR LATEST NEWS
CPMHC is holding its first national WALK-A-THON on May 4th, 2022, World Maternal Mental Health Day. The walk is named after Flora Babakhani, a Canadian mom who tragically lost her life to postpartum psychosis on January 14th, 2022
Get Help
** If you are having thoughts of harming yourself or your baby, please seek immediate medical attention. Call 911 or drive yourself to your nearest emergency department and leave your baby in the care of a loved one.
To find out more about what resources are available where you live, find a Postpartum Support International Coordinator here: