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Peach Tree Perinatal Wellness Inc.

Peach Tree is a peer-led, not for profit organisation and registered charity which offers a variety of support services for mums and dads, from pregnancy through to early parenthood (0-5 years old).

Vision and mission

Peach Tree's purpose is to provide authentic support and connection for all parents experiencing emotional, social and/or mental health and wellbeing challenges during pregnancy and early parenthood.

How Peach Tree can help

Peach Tree offers a range of specialised peer-led support groups including Sunshine Parenting Program, Connecting Parents to Pathways Program, Circle of Security parenting programs, social groups and community activities, Dads Branch, and workshops to offer information about mental health challenges, healing and resilience.

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Last reviewed: November 2024

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | Peach Tree

Post traumatic stress disorder For most women, giving birth is a wonderful, empowering and joyous event, but for some women this can be a frightening and anxious experience

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Postpartum Psychosis | Peach Tree

Postpartum psychosis Postpartum or puerperal psychosis is a rare perinatal mood disorder about which most new mothers know very little or nothing at all

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Depression | Peach Tree

Depression Antenatal and postnatal depression are common conditions

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Bipolar disorder | Peach Tree

Bipolar disorder Bipolar disorder (known in the past as “manic depression”) is a mental health condition characterised by periods of extreme low mood and periods of extreme elevated mood or “mania”

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Anxiety | Peach Tree

Anxiety Anxiety can be as equally as debilitating as depression but is often not recognised as a true illness, especially by parents themselves

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What is Perinatal Mental Illness? | Peach Tree

The term perinatal refers to the antenatal period and the postnatal period combined

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