33. The Perfect Storm: Understanding Perinatal Mental Illness

On this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Prof Carmine Pariante, a psychiatrist and professor at King's College London. This episode is part of a collaboration with InSPIre the Mind – a digital magazine – where we are doing a series of blogs on maternal mental illness. Over the next month check out stories from the series at : https://www.inspirethemind.org/our-series In this episode we talk about the different mental illnesses that can occur during the perinatal period, the causes for these illnesses, and the need to improve our support to those who birth the next generation. You can read the InSPIre the Mind Maternal Mental Illness series here: https://www.inspirethemind.org/our-series For more about Prof Carmine Pariante see: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/professor-carmine-pariante