• South Hams and West Devon – 01822 813 070 Useful phone numbers e:[email protected] Devon Partnership • NHS 111 Service – available 24 hours NHS Trust • Exeter – 01392 674 964 a day 365 days a year e: [email protected] • Samaritans: 116 123 • Torbay – 01803 396 590 e: [email protected] • Devon Partnership NHS Trust Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) • North Devon – 01271 322 772 01392 675 686 e: [email protected] Our offices are open 9:00am – 5:00pm Contact details Monday to Friday Outside of office hours there is an answerphone. Perinatal Mental Health Team Professionals can leave a message including their South Hams and West Devon name and contact number and someone from The Quay, Plymouth Road the team will return the call. We request you Tavistock PL19 8AB do not leave messages for any referrals on the t: 01822 813 070 answerphone. e: [email protected] If a referral is urgent and out of office hours we Based in South Hams recommend you contacting the out of hours GP surgery service. Your feedback and West Devon and for women delivering If you require this leaflet in a different format or Useful websites language please ask a member of our staff. at Derriford Hospital

• www.livinglifetothefull.com If you would like to provide feedback about our A service for women who • www.dpt.nhs.uk/resources service please contact: require specialist perinatal • www.app-network.org - action post Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) assessment and treatment partum psychosis Devon Partnership NHS Trust for their mental health in • www.samaritans.org Franklyn House pregnancy and up to a year Franklyn Drive • www.nhs.uk/conditions/ Exeter, EX2 9HS after baby’s birth postnataldepression • www.rcpsych.ac.uk - postnatal depression t: 01392 675 686 e: [email protected]

Reference: 543/06/19 www.dpt.nhs.uk www.dpt.nhs.uk/Perinatal • Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) • Promoting mental wellbeing and relapse Who we are • If your mental health is impacting on your prevention in pregnancy relationship with your baby • Perinatal psychology assessment and We provide a specialist service to women living treatment in Devon (except Plymouth) who would plan • You have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, to deliver their baby at any maternity unit in schizophrenia or mood disorder • Nursery nurse interventions which can help Devon (including Derriford). Our team work with • You have experienced severe post natal your recovery women who are seeking pre-pregnancy advice or mental illness such as postpartum psychosis • Pregnancy planning and birth planning are pregnant. We can also see women who are or severe postnatal depression. for women who are already working with referred up to 12 months after childbirth, whose a Recovery Care Co-ordinator from specialist presentation is linked to the perinatal period. mental health services How long will I have to • Information about other services, for example How can I access wait for an appointment? our talking therapy service • We work in a family focused way that considers the service? If an assessment is required we aim to see the needs of you and your family. everyone within four weeks of referral, unless Your Midwife, GP, Health Visitor or other urgent. The appointment will take around one to healthcare professional can refer you to the service one and a half hours and you can bring someone Where you will by contacting your local Perinatal Mental Health with you to the appointment if you wish. Team. been seen If you consider your mental health needs require What we offer We offer appointments in a number of different an urgent response we recommend you contact locations including antenatal clinics, mental health the out of hours GP surgery service on 111. • Making contact with you in a timely way wellbeing hubs, children’s centres, and some assessments may be completed at your home, if • An assessment experience that embraces you have had your baby. We ask that you bring How will I know if the what is important to you in your pregnancy your maternity record with you at your first and shared care planning for the postnatal service is right for me? appointment. period If you have a moderate to severe mental health • A written letter to you reflecting on the points condition: raised in your meeting Referrals to the team For example: • Advice on prescribing medication for mental • Moderate to severe antenatal anxiety, obsessive health reasons in pregnancy and breast Your Midwife, GP, Health Visitor or other healthcare compulsive disorder or depression feeding for example depressants) professional can refer you to the service, by • Moderate to severe postnatal anxiety, obsessive contacting the appropriate team on the numbers compulsive disorder or depression or email overleaf. We are not able to accept self- referrals. • Eating disorder