Maternal Mental Health

Core Trainings

Our core topic training program offers practical, evidence-based education in maternal mental health for healthcare and community-based professionals. Each one-hour topic is presented by a perinatal psychiatrist or psychologist and emphasizes real-world assessment, management and care coordination, with a focus on improving confidence, competence and access to timely mental health care across settings.

Program Highlights:

  • Offered to organizations that serve perinatal patients.
  • Scheduled at your convenience
  • Training is specific to the needs of your agency.
  • Up to 1.25 CME/topic (CEUs pending)

Format:

  • Choose any topic from the menu below
  • Presentations are live, virtual or when possible, in-person
  • 1-hr presentation time
  • Sessions offered 1 topic at a time or up to 5 topics/day.

Topics Currently Available

Treating Depression and Anxiety in Perinatal Patients: Psychopharmacological Approaches for Prescribers

Learning objectives:

  • Identify the prevalence and diagnostic criteria of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs).
  • Discuss available psychopharmacological treatments of PMADs.
  • Apply evidence-based guidelines in managing PMADs.

Treating Bipolar Disorder in Perinatal Patients: Psychopharmacological Approaches for Prescribers

Learning objectives:

  • Differentiate between major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder.
  • Discuss evidence-based treatments of bipolar disorder.
  • Summarize the pharmacokinetic changes of pregnancy and its impact on psychotropic medications.

Suicide Risk Assessment and Management in Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals

Learning objectives:

  • Identify the prevalence of death by suicide in the perinatal period.
  • Recognize unique risk and protective factors in this population.
  • Use of a validated screening tool for the Risk assessment.

Recognizing and Assessing Mental Health Concerns in Pregnant and Post-Partum Patients: How to screen and provide next steps in care

Learning objectives:

  • Describe the epidemiology of risk factors.
  • Complications of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders.
  • Use structured tools to aid in screening and assessing patients with Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders.

A Non-Prescriber's Guide to Psychiatric Medications in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Patients

Learning objectives:

  • Understand the basics of psychiatric medication use in pregnancy and lactation.
  • Recognize risks of utilizing medication during this time as well as risks of untreated mental illness.
  • Identify practical ways to support patients in collaborating with their prescribers and adhering to their treatment plans.

Substance Use Disorders in Perinatal Individuals: Psychotherapeutic and pharmacologic treatment approaches

Learning objectives:

  • Understand the problem of substance use disorder during the perinatal period.
  • Describe general strategies to systematically address substance use disorder in the perinatal setting.
  • Discuss management of opioid use disorder in the perinatal setting.

Coming Soon

  • Trauma-Informed Care for Perinatal Patients
  • Addressing the Mental Health Needs of BIPOC Individuals During the Perinatal Period
  • The Importance of Healthy Transitions to Parenthood on Early Childhood Development: Assessing and Encouraging Parent-Child Self-Care

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