Reproductive and perinatal mental illness: An introduction for health care professionals

Reproductive and perinatal mental illness: An introduction for health care professionals

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Reproductive and perinatal mental illness: An introduction for health care professionals

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

Date: April 24, 2024
Time: 1 to 4 p.m. ET
Facilitator: Gina Wong, R.Psych. (AB), PMH-C

Description:
This comprehensive and accessible introductory training is designed for health care professionals from a variety of disciplines who wish to gain a key understanding of perinatal mental illness.

Postpartum women incur more hospitalizations than any other phase in the female life cycle and suicide is one of the leading causes of maternal deaths in Canada and the United States. Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) are the most underdiagnosed, underreported and untreated complications of childbirth; and yet are highly responsive to treatment and proper care, particularly with early identification. The background of women’s reproductive mental health as well as race and ethnicity are especially important factors to learn about relative to the socio-cultural impact of outcomes for women suffering from perinatal mental illness.

This training provides a foundational understanding of evidence-informed and widely accepted practices in working with this population. An overview of screening tools for assessing PMADs will be provided, along with addressing the impact of COVID-19 on maternal mental health. In addition, the increasing rate of paternal mental illness will be contextualized.

Learning objectives:

  • Discuss basic terminology used in the field of perinatal mental health
  • List the range of diagnoses that occur during the childbearing years; and their clinical presentation relative to reproductive mental health
  • Review basic screening tools used to assess PMADs
  • Describe factors that elevate risk
  • Identify signs of heightened perinatal suicidality
  • Elucidate the role of race in outcomes for perinatal women of colour

Registration fee: General - $150  |  Student - $135

For full program overview and registration details please visit: https://cvent.me/rRLgzE


Facilitator Bio:
Dr. Gina Wong, (she/they), R.Psych. (AB), PMH-C, lives and works in Treaty 6 territory. She maintains a clinical and consulting practice in Alberta. Gina is a leadership consultant and specializes in reproductive mental health.

She has published four books including "Moms Gone Mad: Motherhood and Madness, Oppression and Resistance" (Wong, 2012) and "Infanticide and Filicide: Foundations in Maternal Mental Health Forensics" (Wong & Parnham, 2021).

Dr. Wong received the 2022 Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Leadership Award and the 2022 Psychologist of the Year Award from the Psychologists’ Association of Alberta for her work in racial justice and perinatal mental health.


Continuing Education (CE) information: 3 CE hours

SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) to offer continuing education (CE) hours. The number of eligible CE hours are outlined within each program. SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute maintains responsibility for the programs.

Other licensing boards and professional organizations will grant continuing education credits for attendance at their own discretion; participants will need to submit the course outline and Certificate of Participation for their consideration.


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