(CPMHC)
Canadian Perinatal Mental
Health Collaborative
(CPMHC)
Calling for a national strategy for perinatal mental health
What is the CPMHC ?
The Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative (CPMHC) is a non profit organization working to improve perinatal mental health care in Canada through advocacy, research, education, and public awareness. The perinatal period is the time surrounding conception to one year postpartum and beyond.
Now More Than Ever We Need A Perinatal Mental Health Strategy
Now More Than Ever We Need A Perinatal Mental Health Strategy
What's New
September 2022
CPMHC Co-Executive Director Jaime Charlebois is interviewed for this article:
Welcome to the official site for The Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative
Welcome to the official site for the Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative!
We are Canada’s first and only perinatal mental health advocacy organization calling on the federal government to enact a national perinatal mental health strategy.
Our National Committee is comprised of numerous heath care practitioners, researchers, and individuals with lived experience representing all provinces and territories. Our Social Media Ambassadors are savvy individuals with lived experience who help us with our social media campaigns.
Take Action
#TheBest Father’s Day Campaign
Campaign Now Ended The Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative (CPMHC) launched a new campaign the week leading up to Father’s Day, June 21st, and Father’s
#NowMoreThanEver
Campaign Now Ended Millions Reached With #NowMoreThanEver Campaign COVID-19: Why Maternal Mental Health Matters #NOWMORETHANEVER Since 2016, the first Wednesday of May has been proclaimed
#SignOurPetition
Campaign Now Ended Petition For National Perinatal Mental Health Strategy Tabled In House of Commons May 12, 2020 Here is MP Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona)
Join Flora's Walk
CPMHC held its first national walk-a-thon fundraiser on May 4th, 2022, World Maternal Mental Health Day. The annual walk is named after Flora Babakhani, a Canadian mom who tragically lost her life to undetected and untreated postpartum psychosis on January 14th, 2022.
Media Highlights
Check out Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative’s (CPMHC) recent media features which includes videos and articles!
Media Highlights
Check out Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative’s (CPMHC) recent media features which includes videos and articles!
September 2022
CPMHC Co-Executive Director Jaime Charlebois is interviewed for this article:
August 2022
CTV Montreal Interview On CPMHC Stance On Perinatal Mental Health Screening
Get Help
If you are having thoughts of harming yourself or your baby, please seek immediate medical attention.
Call 911 or go to your nearest emergency department.
Land Acknowledgement
We are grateful to live and work on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg. The Anishinaabeg include the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Pottawatomi nations, collectively known as the Three Fires Confederacy.