This Infant Mental Health Awareness Week we aim to bring you up to date on what's going on in Infant Mental Health.
We've used this page to gather together some resources which we hope that parents, carers and professionals will find useful.
Did you know about Fife’s Infant Mental Health Team?
Babies need the people looking after them to understand their needs so that they can be nurtured and protected. This is true even before they are born. Lots of things can make a huge difference to the way that their minds grow and develop during pregnancy.
There is a lot that can get in the way of the love and understanding needed for healthy attachments between parents/ carers and their babies before they are born.
Supporting mental health of unborn babies means thinking about these special relationships even before parents and care-givers meet their baby. Having a network of people who can help, for example partners, family and friends are enough, but not always. If you have concerns about your how you feel about your unborn baby, please discuss this with your Midwife, Health Visitor or Family Nurse who can contact us.
Contact us
Infant Mental Health Team, Sea View, Whyteman’s Brae Hospital, Kirkcaldy KY1 2ND fife.infantmentalhealthteam@nhs.scot
Following referral, we might invite you to one of our clinics at Sea View, Whyteman’s Brae, Kirkcaldy or Playfield House, Cupar so that we think together about your baby’s emotional needs. We can also visit you at home.
Another way that we can help is through our 8 week Solihull postnatal plus parenting group for babies under the age of 6 months.