Delivering Excellence in Perinatal Mental Health Care – 15 July 2022

Details

6 Hours Relevant for CPD

£140 for a full day of training, including lunch, tea and coffee. Please note administration fee charges of £40 per booking will be made for any cancellations as we are a not for profit organisation and will have incurred costs.

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Relevant For: All maternity health care professionals and the wider team responsible for the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care of a woman. The programme will also be relevant for GPs.

Aims and Objectives

• Gain an overview of the context of perinatal mental health and how it impacts women and their families.
• Recognise current skills and develop these further to identify women with perinatal mental health problems and how to interact effectively.
• To recognise when and how to appropriately escalate the care of a woman suffering with her mental health.

Content

• The empirical and experiential context of perinatal mental health
  • • • Main themes from national reports (e.g. MBRRACE-UK; National Maternity Survey).
      • The service user’s perspective.
      • Latest research and guidance.
• Identifying & assessing perinatal mental health (screening)
  • • • Role of the practitioner in screening
      • Interpersonal dynamic consultation
      • Effective and appropriate communication
      •  Types of assessment
      • Using measures to aid clinical decision making
      • Birth trauma and tokophobia
• Management
  • • • Appropriate and effective escalation.
      • Service pathways.
      • Reflection on local services and service development.