Virtual PPP Community Gatherings
There’s still time to reserve at spot in one of our 3 sessions! If you or your loved one has experienced psychosis during the perinatal period (pregnancy, birth, after loss, postpartum), please join us!
Click on the session flyers below, or view all of our PPP Awareness Day 2023 EventBrite listings.
Resources
Even if you have not attended one of our gatherings, we hope the resources provided here are a useful introduction to the global pregnancy & postpartum psychosis (PPP) community and resources!
Questions or suggested additions? Reach out to Cheri – cheri@pppawarenessday.org
Stay In Touch With Organizers
- PPP Awareness Day: newsletter sign-up
- Action on Postpartum Psychosis: Join APP Network
Connect With Session Facilitators
PPPAD: Cheri Wissmann, Jigyna Patel, Steph Fakharzadeh, Willemijn de Bruin
COPE (Centre of Perinatal Excellence): Ariane Beeston
APP: Zebunisa Pathan, Ellie Ware, Naomi Gilbert
PPP Lived Experience Peer Support Opportunities
- Postpartum Support International Online Support Meetings: (English only)
- PSI PPP Specialized Support Coordinators
- Action on Postpartum Psychosis: (English only)
- Peer Support page on APP website
- PP Talk Forum via HealthUnlocked platform
- Facebook group: Pregnancy and Postpartum Psychosis Forum (aka PPP Forum) – open to those with direct lived experience and their loved ones
- Facebook group: PPP Activism and Advocacy – this group brings together those with lived experience and advocates; not closed peer support, but offers connection opportunities
Affiliated Organizations
- Postpartum Support International (based in US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital Postpartum Psychosis Project (MGHP3) (based in US)
- Maternal Mental Health Alliance (UK)
Building Community Connections
There are several online lists of stories, articles, books, memoirs, etc written by those impacted by PPP.
- PSI + Cherished Mom webinar: The Monstrous Misconceptions of Postpartum Psychosis
- PSI PPP Resources page
- APP: News & Stories
- MGHP3 Resources page
Session Interaction Results
Where are you joining from?
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How have you been affected by PPP?
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How would you rank our four demands we've proposed?
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Community Mosaic Storytelling Project
We launched our Community Mosaic project as part of PPP Awareness Day 2023, and it will be an ongoing opportunity for PPP survivors to express their truth in many different mediums.
Please, don’t let go
My heart goes out to all of the mamas who...
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The Other Side
My story is about how my experience of postpartum psychosis...
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Poems: When I Stopped Seeing Color; Oh Dear Sleep; What Is Happening To Me?
3 poems by Jigyna Patel
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Poetry by Adeline McCann
5 poems by Adeline McCann
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