The charity for mums and families affected by postpartum psychosis

Supporting and advocating for mums and families affected by postpartum psychosis (PP) – a severe but treatable mental illness that begins in the days and weeks after giving birth.

APP runs an award-winning peer support service, connecting women and families throughout the UK to recovered volunteers, via: an online peer support forum; one to one email support; meeting a volunteer programme (video and in person); social groups and creative workshops.

We develop patient information for women who have experienced PP and their families, co-produced by women, families, specialist clinicians and leading academic experts. We offer signposting to appropriate resources, offer specialist advice through our panel of experts and a free second-opinion psychiatry service through the National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH).

We offer training in postpartum psychosis, co-produced and co-delivered by academics, clinicians, and women and families with lived experience.

We facilitate ground-breaking research into the causes of PP, treatments and what helps families to recover. We work with members to identify the most important areas of research for them and we report research results back.

We promote greater public awareness of PP in the general public, work to address stigma and misinformation, and campaign for improved perinatal mental health services.

Action on Postpartum Psychosis (APP) is a registered charity. We are a collaborative project run by women who have experienced PP, specialist health professionals and academic experts.

For information about how to support us, please click here.