North East London Perinatal Parent Infant Mental Health Service

The perinatal parent infant mental health services (PPIMHS) is a specialist psychiatric and psychological service. The team is made up of three groups of clinicians:

• perinatal psychiatrists
• perinatal community mental health practitioners
• psychotherapists/psychologists

The psychiatric component of the service works with women with mental health problems during pregnancy and up to a year postnatally. The psychological component of the service works with parents and children up until the age of three to address attachment difficulties to prevent complex mental health problems when the babies and toddlers become older.