Andrea LeadsomOffice of the Rt Hon. Andrea Leadsom MPAIMH, Association for Infant Mental Health, Infant Mental Health, Perinatal Mental Health, babies, 1001 Critical Days, Dr Sue Pawlby, Professor Vivette Glover, Professor Jane Barlow

AIMH Conference

Andrea LeadsomOffice of the Rt Hon. Andrea Leadsom MPAIMH, Association for Infant Mental Health, Infant Mental Health, Perinatal Mental Health, babies, 1001 Critical Days, Dr Sue Pawlby, Professor Vivette Glover, Professor Jane Barlow
AIMH Conference

Yesterday I spoke at the 2015 Association for Infant Mental Health conference in Northampton where we were examining the moral, scientific, and economic case for investment in the antenatal period bringing together science and policy.

Key themes included:

  • Prevalence of mental health problems in the antenatal period

  • Consequences of rapidly developing foetus

  • The role of mother’s own childhood experiences in terms of her antenatal mental health

  • Intergenerational transmission of mental health problems

  • Foetal behaviour and responses to maternal stress

  • Epigenetics and the antenatal period

  • Evidence based methods of working to support mother and unborn baby

  • Economic costs of antenatal mental health problems

It was a pleasure to speak alongside leading experts in this field, and I was grateful to share a platform with Dr Susan Pawlby, Professor Vivette Glover, Professor Jane Barlow and others.

Andrea LeadsomOffice of the Rt Hon. Andrea Leadsom MPBabies, Infant Mental Health, Perinatal Mental Health, 1001 Critical Days Manifesto, 1001 Critical Days, 1001 Critical Days: Conception to Age Two All-Party Parliamentary Group, PIP UK, Children's Centres, Sure Starts, Churchill Fellowships, Infant Mental Health Awareness Week, Mercers' Company, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, Wave Trust, Dulverton Trust, Parliament, maternity, secure attachment, Sue Gerhardt, ACEs, Adverse Childhood Experiences

Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2018

Andrea LeadsomOffice of the Rt Hon. Andrea Leadsom MPBabies, Infant Mental Health, Perinatal Mental Health, 1001 Critical Days Manifesto, 1001 Critical Days, 1001 Critical Days: Conception to Age Two All-Party Parliamentary Group, PIP UK, Children's Centres, Sure Starts, Churchill Fellowships, Infant Mental Health Awareness Week, Mercers' Company, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, Wave Trust, Dulverton Trust, Parliament, maternity, secure attachment, Sue Gerhardt, ACEs, Adverse Childhood Experiences
Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2018