Programs for parents with a mental illness (parenting courses and programs)

The Staying Attached Program was successfully piloted during 2005-2008 and secured increased, ongoing funding to develop services across the metropolitan area. Staying Attached is an early intervention service for women engaged with Mental Health Services and focuses on early and secure attachment between mother and infants under 3 years of age. Support workers, working within […]

Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Services of the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN) is a service for mentally ill women who have a child less than 3 years of age. The service has an inpatient unit, Helen Mayo House, which admits psychiatrically ill women along with their infants. The average length of stay is […]

Tresillian Early Intervention Home Visiting Program offers home visits to families in the Sydney Local Health District Eastern sector (in central Sydney metropolitan area from Balmain to Cantebury). Visits are made specifically to parents where their mental illness and symptoms are affecting their ability to understand and respond to their children and family. Priority is […]