These handouts are contained as links in the journey. Several are excerpts from the ‘Coping with depression during pregnancy and following the birth: A cognitive behaviour therapy-based self-management guide for women’ (BC Reproductive Mental Health Program).
1. Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
Health professionals can download the EPDS in multiple languages at www.perinatalservicesbc.ca.
There are many excellent websites on perinatal depression. Some of the websites listed below are BC websites, some Canadian sites and some from other countries. All have helpful information.
New Dad Manual (24-hour cribside assistance for new fathers).
Postpartum Men (for new fathers with concerns about depression, anxiety or other problems with mood; includes an on-line forum).
Postpartum Dads (guidance for partners and families supporting a woman through postpartum depression)
Pacific Post Partum Support Society is located on the traditional, ancestral, unceded, and occupied territories of the xʷməθkʷiy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and Stó:lō First Nations.