PSI brings together families, communities, and professionals working to support families during pregnancy, pregnancy loss, and the postpartum period.
Become a PSI Member
Postpartum Support International has members throughout the world, including health & mental health care providers, researchers, students, and community supporters.
Perinatal Psychiatric Consultation Program
PSI’s expert perinatal psychiatrists are available to share their skills and expertise with fellow medical professionals.
Provider Directory
Share your listing as a mental health provider, a healthcare provider, childbirth professional, or support group. As a specialized provider, you can tailor your directory listing to reach out to potential clients in your area.
PSI Conference
This event brings together attendees from around the world and welcomes anyone interested in expanding their knowledge and skills in supporting parents’ mental health during the perinatal period.
PMH Certification
The Perinatal Mental Health Certification (PMH-C) Program creates a structure for professional education and evaluation, and a standardization of training and experience to inform families and payers of perinatal mental health specialists.
Training and Education
Learn more about PSI training and educational opportunities including foundational and advanced PMH trainings, medical provider trainings and special topics.
PMH for Medical Provider
Designed to equip primary care frontline healthcare providers with the skills necessary to assess patients for perinatal mental health complications and, as appropriate, provide treatment with medication(s) or connect individuals with additional resources and care.
Make a Donation
Postpartum Support International is a non-profit organization serving the needs of pregnant, post-loss, and postpartum individuals and families all over the world. We operate under limited resources, and we welcome your donation to assist us with our mission. Every dollar you provide will go directly to the funding of programs and services.
More Resources:
Other Professional Organizations:
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- Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health: The Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health is a non-profit think tank providing data and insights as well as cross-sector policy and practice solutions to prevent the suffering of mothers, babies, and families associated with untreated maternal mental health disorders, like postpartum depression.
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- Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Women’s Mental Health Center Library: The MGH Library on Women’s Mental Health is a repository of useful information and frequently referenced articles compiled into different specialty areas, including psychiatric disorders during pregnancy and postpartum.
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- North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics & Gynecology (NASPOG): NASPOG is a society of researchers, clinicians, educators and scientists involved in women’s mental health and healthcare. Formed in the 1960s as a collaboration among obstetrician gynecologists, psychiatrists and psychologists, the society’s aim is to foster scholarly scientific and clinical study of the biopsychosocial aspects of obstetric and gynecologic medicine.
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- Marce Society: The Marce Society promotes, facilitates and communicates about research into all aspects of the mental health of women, their infants and partners around the time of childbirth. This involves a broad range of research activities ranging from basic science to health services research.
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- Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN): AWHONN’s section on postpartum depression includes information on legislative advocacy as well as practice resources and a link to the organization’s position paper “The Role of the Nurse in Postpartum Mood & Anxiety Disorders.”
