Project TEACH

Intensive Training:
Maternal Mental Health for
Ob/Gyn & Primary Care Clinicians

Sunday, October 26, 2025

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Zoom Interactive Call

Course Topics
Learning Objectives
Target Audience
Presenters
Accreditation

This conference series will enhance a prescriber’s skills in treating and managing mental health concerns in perinatal patients. This interactive program will provide helpful tools and strategies for ob/gyn’s, family practice and psychiatric clinicians to utilize within their practice. Six hours of CME-certified education are offered over the course of three events: a half day training and two follow-up sessions. This program is presented by Project TEACH’s expert team of reproductive psychiatrists and psychologists.

This Virtual Program Includes:

1/2 day training event + 2 follow-up sessions = 6.0 CME credits.

Clinicians who complete 5.0 CME hours and utilize the consultation line twice will also receive a Certificate of Completion from Project TEACH.

This intensive training program will enhance prescribers’ skills to assess, treat and manage mental health concerns in perinatal patients. This interactive program will provide helpful tools and treatment strategies for ob/gyn’s, family practice and psychiatric clinicians to utilize within their practice. This intensive training program includes the half day training and two follow-up sessions and is presented by Project TEACH’s team of reproductive psychiatrists.

Project TEACH is funded by the New York State Office of Mental Health and all services and events, such as this intensive training, are offered at no-cost to clinicians in New York State.

Course Topics

Discussing risks, benefits and safety considerations regarding perinatal psychiatric treatment across the preconception to postpartum timespan.

Use of antidepressants and benzodiazepines in perinatal patients.

Use of mood stabilizers and antipsychotics in perinatal patients.

Treatment of ADHD in prenatal patients.

Approaches to treating insomnia.

Psychotherapeutic approaches to treatment throughout pregnancy and postpartum.

Learning Objectives

As a result of this program:

Physicians/clinicians will have increased knowledge of the risks/benefits/alternatives to the treatment of perinatal psychiatric illness which will enable them to improve informed consent and treatment of perinatal patients.
Physicians/clinicians will receive up to date, evidence-based information about when, what, why, and how to use medications in perinatal patients.
Physicians/clinicians will be able to utilize psychotherapeutic approaches which will enable them to improve their ability to treat perinatal psychiatric disorders.

Target Audience

New York State NYS Obstetrics/gynecology and family practice physicians, psychiatrists, midwives, doulas, nursing professionals, residents, and other primary care clinicians working with perinatal patients.

Presenters

Kristina Deligiannidis, MD

Nevena Radonjic, MD, PhD

Julia Vileisis, MD

Elizabeth Murphy Fitelson, MD

Khatiya Moon, MD

Joshna Singh, MD

Catherine Monk, PhD

Ellen Poleshuck, PhD

ACCREDITATION:

The University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CERTIFICATION:

The University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences designates this internet live activity for a maximum of .0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

**The UB CME Office will provide UB CME Certificates of Attendance to allied healthcare professionals or non-physicians, who have attended a UB CME certified and accredited educational activity. The allied healthcare professional is responsible for submitting the UB CME certificate to their own governing body for credit. Most allied healthcare professional boards accept Physician credits.

Credit Claim: All registrants will receive online instructions on how to access the Project TEACH Learning Management System to receive CME credits and complete the evaluation form.