Maternal Mental Health
Corporate Social Responsibility
I urge HR departments across the UK to review their Wellbeing Policies and Engagement Strategies. Aside from the economic benefits of properly caring for your staff, it is your moral responsibility to make sure that pregnant women and those returning to work after maternity leave have the opportunity to receive appropriate support with their mental health needs.
Organisations – large and small – must equip themselves with a referral agreement with organisations like mine, which offer a wide variety of services to meet the needs of every woman in this situation. Even if it is a signposting service, it is something to help a person at a time when they are not thinking straight for themselves.
The economic cost to society of not effectively treating perinatal mental illness far outweighs the cost of providing appropriate services. Read the October 2014 report ‘The Costs of Perinatal Mental Health Problems’ by the London School of Economics and the Centre for Mental Health.
It Is OK Not To Be OK.
Kate Morris-Bates – Founder of InsideOut Wellness Centre – CBT Coach and Therapist. kate@insideoutwellness.healthcare | 07927 895415
