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We provide direct peer support to families, train professionals, and provide the bridge to connect them

MMHI helps moms with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders get better by leading them to effective treatment, and by teaching the community and healthcare professionals how to better serve moms suffering from these illnesses. 

A national organization with a mission: Closing gaps in maternal mental health care through education, advocacy, and collaboration. 

No family is immune to mental health challenges, including queer families.  In fact, queer families are at higher risk for perinatal mood struggles for a variety of reasons including discrimination, stigma, personal mental health history, possible issues with their family of origin, conception or adoption complications, denial of parental rights, and more.

PSI offers specialized support for queer families.

Although it is not a formally recognized disorder, Post-Adoption Depression Syndrome (PADS) is a term coined by June Bond in 1995 to describe the stress, anxiety and depression that many parents experience following adoption.  Much like Post-Partum Depression, PADS usually affects adoptive mothers, with some estimates suggesting that close to 65% of adoptive mothers experience it at some point after bringing a child home.

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