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NEWPIN: an opportunity for positive change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Myra Gurr  and
Anne Hansen
Myra Gurr
Affiliation:
Sutherland House, 35 Sutherland Square, Walworth, London SE17 3EE
Anne Hansen*
Affiliation:
Sutherland House, 35 Sutherland Square, Walworth, London SE17 3EE
*
∗Correspondence
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The work of NEWPIN was pioneered in the London Borough of Southwark in 1982. It was influenced by the rising child abuse figures, which were higher than the national average, and the low take-up of ante- and postnatal services in the district. A study of mothers with young children in Camberwell (Brown & Harris, 1978) had revealed that there was a high incidence of maternal depression within the group. This also influenced the direction NEWPIN was to take.

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Women's Mental Health
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 8 , August 1997 , pp. 480 - 482
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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