Improving maternal mental health while fostering positive mother-baby attachment and parenting skills

The Lavender Mother-Baby Unit is the first, public psychiatric unit that admits new mothers from around Queensland with severe mental illness and their baby.

Prior to the implementation of this service, mothers and infants were routinely separated when women with severe mental illnesses were admitted to public psychiatric units.

The Lavender Mother-Baby Unit focus on providing treatment and management to a mother’s mental illness, whilst also supporting the mother-baby relationship and infant mental health.