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Information and resources for health care providers
Grow your perinatal mental health knowledge, with resources and training designed for health professionals.
Up to 1 in 5 mums and 1 in 10 dads will experience perinatal anxiety and/or depression.
Getting the right help from a health professional early on leads to a faster recovery. PANDA offers a range of resources for health professionals and clinics working to support the mental health and wellbeing of families.
Our interactive online learning modules and courses cover the core knowledge and skills needed to support clients and families experiencing perinatal mental distress, conditions and associated risks.
Visit the PANDA Learning Hub to explore our free online courses.
PANDA Learning Hub
Online courses for health care providers
Explore our free online courses spanning a multitude of topics to give you the skills and knowledge to enhance your professional development.
Translated resources
Resources in different languages
Resources to help you support families from many cultural and language backgrounds.
Find resources and materials about perinatal mental health translated into 40 languages other than English that you can share with parents.
Resource centre
Downloadable and printed resources
Find information to help you support the mental wellbeing of expecting and new parents.
Services available
PANDA's National Perinatal Mental Health Helpline
PANDA’s National Perinatal Mental Health Helpline is Australia’s only free national helpline for mental health and emotional wellbeing during the perinatal period.
Services available
Secondary consultation
PANDA is the only organisation in Australia to offer a free, nationwide secondary consultation service for health professionals, with a specialist focus on perinatal mental health. This includes case formulation, safety planning, referral options, professional development for health care providers and more.
Services available
Intensive Care and Counselling program
PANDA’s Intensive Care and Counselling Program operates within our National Perinatal Mental Health Helpline. The program provides ongoing counselling, consultation, and service navigation for families with higher care needs.
Refer to PANDA
Referring someone to PANDA
Find out how you can refer someone to PANDA or get practice support as a health care provider.
Case study
Case Study: Taking the time to build trusting relationships
"An AFPP Family Partnership Worker and I began visiting the client during her pregnancy to help with transport to her antenatal appointments.
These initial visits were a challenge – making contact with our client prior to our arrival was difficult and she was often asleep when we arrived. She was very reluctant to leave home, and if she did allow us to take her to her appointments, she was reluctant to speak to us.
After many months of feeling like we were pestering her – and knowing that bub was making good progress – we thought she would like some space to continue on her own.
To the contrary – she asked us to keep visiting every couple of days."
Read the case study shared by a nurse who supported a young mum about the importance of developing rapport with clients.
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