#mhTV episode 52 - Parenting and mental health

Welcome to episode 52 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 9 June 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday spoke with guests Katie Atmore, Dr Clare Dolman and Chris McCree about parenting and mental health. Katie completed a research M.Sc in Neuroscience at the University of Cape Town, studying the neurochemical impact of social isolation, before turning her interests to population health and undertaking the Global Mental Health M.Sc at KCL and LSHTM in 2017. She has since worked in mental health research in the UK, South Africa, Kenya and Mozambique on projects in intellectual disability advocacy, experiences of gender-based violence, human-centred design with young mothers and peer-education. She joined The Section for Women’s Mental Health in 2019 as a research assistant working with Professor Louise Howard on The Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Community Perinatal Mental Health Services (ESMI-II) project. This work involves a realist evaluation of services through mixed-methods qualitative interviewing of service providers, mothers and significant others and service level data analysis. Dr Clare Dolman is a journalist and service user researcher whose PhD focused on women with bipolar disorder’s decision-making regarding pregnancy and childbirth. She is a Patient and Public Involvement Lead for the NIHR-funded ESMI project on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of perinatal mental health services, based part-time at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London. She also lectures on the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ training courses on service user perspectives. Clare, who has bipolar disorder and suffered a postpartum psychosis after the birth of one of her children, is a trustee of the charities MMHA: Maternal Mental Health Alliance and APP - Action on Postpartum Psychosis , and an Ambassador for Bipolar UK. Chris McCree is a registered learning disability and mental health nurse with extensive experience of working in com