Programs & Services

Maternal Mental Health Awareness For Black and Asian women - Action of Postpartum Psychosis (APP)

Mental Health Policy - Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America (SARDAA)

Refocusing Widows - Fresh Hope For Mental Health

Refocusing Widows is a faith-based ministry initiative under the umbrella of Fresh Hope. We offer research-supported peer-to-peer support structures, as well as personal coaching, to encourage widows to embrace and move through their grief to a new season of growth and personal accomplishment.

The Mental Health Gap Intervention Guide - The World Health Organisation (WHO) - Mental Health

The mental health Gap Intervention Guide provides guidelines about identification and management of mental disorders by non-specialized mental health providers including in pregnant and postpartum mothers. Maternal mental health is a department of WHO who aim to: 

• Reinforce advocacy and provide global leadership for the mental health of the mothers
• Provide support to the member states on evidence based, cost effective, and human rights oriented mental health and social care services in community-based settings for early identification and management of maternal mental disorders;
• Provide strategies for promotion of psychosocial well-being, prevention and promotion of mental disorders of mothers during pregnancy and after delivery
• Support the integration of the programmes with maternal and child health initiatives, reproductive health programmes and mainstream them with gender sensitive, and equity and human rights oriented strategies of WHO;
• Strengthen information systems, evidence and research relevant to mental health of mothers.

The Women’s Mental Health Program - The Royal Mental Health Care

The Women’s Mental Health Program is an innovative program at The Royal that was created out of a need to address the unique way women experience mental illness because of differences in biology and social roles. The program ensures that women’s experiences with the mental health system will result in improved access to care that incorporates their unique biological, psychological and social needs. The program promotes mental health and well being for all women, improving their mental health across their life span by ensuring that their unique and changing biological, social and cultural needs are embedded into mental health care and research.

The Women’s Mental Health Program promotes a women-centred approach to mental health care by ensuring client care considers women’s unique biological, psychological and social needs. The program focuses on:

• Providing resources and support specific to women’s needs;
• Understanding and improving how women experience treatments for mental illness and integrating the female perspective into clinical care throughout The Royal and the region;
• Supporting research that specifically examines women’s mental health;
• Providing education to promote early detection of mental illness, guidance in seeking care, accessible resources, coping skills, etc.
• Educating caregivers, the community, and women everywhere about the unique ways in which mental illness affects women and their families.

The Women’s Mental Health Program places a strong emphasis on public education by offering a wide array of public lectures, education campaigns and research into women’s mental health. Professional devlopment opportunities are offered for service providers in the region, including family doctors, psychiatrists, nurses, counselors and more.

Tomorrow Woman - Gotcha4Life

Tomorrow Woman aspires to reignite girls and women around Australia with their innate voice, empowering them to confidently express their needs and opinions in the moments that matter.

Women in Mind - The Royal Mental Health Care

Women in Mind brings together leading researchers and practitioners for one of Canada’s only academic conferences devoted to women’s mental health. Health professionals and students are encouraged to spend the day with us exploring ‘must know’ information about women’s mental health from both medical and social perspectives.