Table 4.

Themes and subthemes identified

Themes	Subthemes
Centrality of women’s families to their perinatal mental health and access to support	The role of interpersonal transition and conflict
	Influence of the family on support and recovery
Experiences of partners and families being excluded by services	Overlooking families
	Lack of support for partners and other family members
	Difficulties balancing women’s and family members’ needs
	Services ill-equipped for complexity of family involvement
	Structure of services and separation of families
Ambivalence about increasing family involvement/support	Feared consequences of family inclusion/support
	Partners and other family members have to ‘stay strong’