Organisational Statements
PANDA's Vision
PANDA is committed to a community where post and antenatal mood disorders are recognised and the impact on women and their families are minimised through acknowledgement, support and education. Read more about The History of PANDA
PANDA's Mission
PANDA's mission is to:
- Support and inform woman and their families who are affected by post and antenatal mood disorders; and
- Educate health care professionals and the wider community about post and antenatal mood disorders.
PANDA's Values
- being a self-help organisation
- maintaining privacy and confidentiality (PANDA's Privacy Policy is available here.
Download privacy_policy_2005 (opens in a new window). - being a recognised source of knowledge, information and resources about the issues related to perinatal depression and anxiety
- providing support and practical strategies in a non-judgemental, non-intimidating manner
- that people with perinatal depression and anxiety can recover with adequate support and timely interventions, allowing them and their families to successfully build healthy and strong family relationships
- using our resources to research perinatal depression and anxiety and gather the highest quality information about it.
PANDA's Beliefs
PANDA's beliefs govern the way it works in the community and with women and their families. They are:
- that all people are important and everyone involved with PANDA should be treated with respect and dignity
- that it is important for PANDA to instil hope that change and growth are possible
- that people should be empowered to make informed decisions about their illness management based on quality information and support
- that women, men and their families are in the best position to determine what helps them and what they can do
- that most of the time people are doing the best they can
- that services are best delivered to people within their own communities
Related Items
The following documents can be downloaded:
PANDA's ConstitutionIf you do not have Acrobat Reader 5.0, please get it from www.adobe.com by clicking on the 'Get Acrobat Reader' image at the bottom of this page.
