'Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week' highlights the emotional challenges faced by new mothers, including postpartum depression and anxiety, while promoting screening, peer support, and elimination of isolation.
Theme Focus
Marking 10 years of the UK's Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, this theme celebrates a decade of progress in reducing stigma and expanding specialist perinatal services, while spotlighting that many women still don't feel heard about their mental health — encouraging women to know it's okay to express their needs and experiences. Daily sub-themes include "Voices of Experience," "Voices of Care," and World Maternal Mental Health Day (6 May) itself, globally themed "Stronger Together."
Key Priorities
Raise awareness of maternal mental health conditions
Reduce stigma surrounding perinatal mental health
Promote early identification and screening during pregnancy and the postpartum period
Improve access to timely, evidence-based mental health care
Support the emotional well-being of mothers, babies, and families
Strengthen integrated maternal and mental healthcare services
Increase awareness of postpartum depression, anxiety, and related conditions
Empower partners, families, and caregivers to provide support
Improve training for healthcare professionals in perinatal mental health
Advocate for equitable access to maternal mental health services
Promote prevention, early intervention, and recovery
Encourage peer support and community-based resources
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