Father's Time

The Fatherhood Academy has resources and programs especially for fathers.

For more information visit their website.

or contact them at

877-898-9989

Email: staff@fatherstime.com

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The Inland Empire Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative is now on Facebook and Twitter

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Thank you everyone for all your support!

Upcoming Event- "Speak Up When You Are Down" Stoll-a-thon

May is Forevermore Postpartum Awareness Month

In response to the resent legislation, The Inland Empire Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative is organizing a Stroll-a-thon to raise awareness about postpartum depression to the Riverside community. Join Us in our fight against postpartum depression

Saturday, May 14th, 2011

Check-In and Registration at 9 a.m. Walk Begins at 10 a.m.

Join Us after the walk for free games and entertainment till 12 p.m.

Riverside Plaza, Suite 200

3545 Central Avenue Riverside, CA. 92506

We ask Adults pledge $25

Couples $35

Groups of 20 people or more $10 each

Children 17 and under are FREE

Click here for a printable Registration Form or click here to register online.

Click here to see the Event Flyer

Click here for the Pledge Card and Information

or click here to simply donate.

Donation is for Inland Empire Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative. All funds go to advocacy and services provided to women at risk or struggling with perinatal mood disorders.

All donations and pledges are tax deductible.

IEPMHC - Pepsi Refresh

The Inland Empire Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative made a short 3 min video in order to be a part of the Pepsi Refresh campaign to “win” a $250,000 grant for our collaborative. We hope to fund a Coordinator position as well be able to fund an advocacy / advertising campaign with these funds.

To vote for our campaign, please visit refresheverything.com/wyliecenter between November 1-30. First time visitors will need to register to sign in. You can vote up to ten times per day.

March of Dimes Training

Becoming a Mom/Comenzando bien® was created from two separate curricula: The Pregnancy Workshop, an English-language curriculum for pregnant women, and Comenzando bien®, a bilingual curriculum for Hispanic women. The new curriculum, Becoming a Mom/ Comenzando bien® is now a general, bilingual curriculum for all pregnant women.

The training will provide overview information about the Becoming  a Mom/Comenzando bien prenatal curriculum and presentation by expert speakers on perinatal topics like the important of prenatal care, nutrition/breastfeeding and why the last weeks of pregnancy count. 

Date: Tuesday November 9, 2010
Time: 8:00am - 4:00pm

First 5 San Bernardino, 330 North D St., 5th Floor
San Bernardino, CA 92415-0442
Children’s Conference Center

Cost: $15 - Includes breakfast, lunch and educational materials.

To register, please download the registration form.
For more information,  please contact Fernanda Crivici at (213) 637-5030 or fcrivici@marchofdimes.com

Expert Speaker: Screening, Identification, & Treatment Options

"Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Screening, Identification, & Treatment Options"

November 11, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Access Acupuncture
26323 Jefferson Avenue Murrieta, CA 92562-6971 map

RSVP with lilypad35@hotmail.com or to littlepapoosebirthdoula@yahoo.com

Women are at much higher risk for developing mental health disorders during the postpartum period than at any other time in their lives. Mary Obata, M.A., MFT, will present information about the range of postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, screening tools and warning signs, and options for treatment.

Mary Obata is past president of the San Diego Postpartum Health Alliance. She has a private practice in Central San Diego and specializes in pregnancy and postpartum issues as well as EMDR therapy and other trauma therapies. For for more information about Mary, please visit her website

In the News: PPD Screening

The American Academy of Pediatrics just published a report about encouraging the screening of new mothers and fathers for depression.

"Every year, more than 400 000 infants are born to mothers who are depressed, which makes perinatal depression the most underdiag- nosed obstetric complication in America. Postpartum depression leads to increased costs of medical care, inappropriate medical care, child abuse and neglect, discontinuation of breastfeeding, and family dysfunction and adversely affects early brain development. Pediatric practices, as medical homes, can establish a system to implement postpartum depression screening and to identify and use community resources for the treatment and referral of the depressed mother and support for the mother-child (dyad) relationship. This system would have a positive effect on the health and well-being of the infant and family. State chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics, working with state Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) and maternal and child health programs, can increase awareness of the need for perinatal depression screening in the obstetric and pedi- atric periodicity of care schedules and ensure payment. Pediatricians must advocate for workforce development for professionals who care for very young children and for promotion of evidence-based interven- tions focused on healthy attachment and parent-child relationships."

The report is available for free to download