Episode 122 - Perinatal Mental Health with Dr Jacquie Frayne [Women's Health Series]

We kick off our new series on women’s health with a chat with Dr Jacquie Frayne, a GP and researcher at the University of Western Australia who specialises in mental health for women during pregnancy and in the period after birth. Jacquie discusses the work herself and colleagues do at the Childbirth and Mental Illness Service located at King Edward Memorial Hospital in Subiaco: https://www.kemh.health.wa.gov.au/Womens-Health/Mental-Health/CAMI We chat with Jacquie about the range of mental health challenges that women giving birth can face, and the importance of a range of different healthcare workers working together as part of a multidisciplinary team to assist women with their mental health during this critical time. We also touch on some of the other challenges that some women face during pregnancy, relating to social and socioeconomic issues, such as family and domestic violence and homelessness that Jacquie and her colleagues often have to help with. You can read more about Jacquie and her work here: https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/00077092 As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com Instagram Twitter/X Bluesky @healthmeanswhat FaceBook @MeaningofHealth