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Perinatal in Practive

Date: 04-05-2024 09:00:00

When Saturday 4 May 2024 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Where Western NSW Primary Health Network, Unit 4 - 1 Rankin Street Bathurst NSW 

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This workshop aims to introduce health professionals to the current
understanding of perinatal mood disorders and its management, using lectures, case studies and interactive exercises. 

Learning Outcomes

  • Recognise the psychosocial stressors that commonly affect parents in the perinatal period;
  • Opportunistically screen women for perinatal mood disorders using a screening tool and clinical interview;
  • Diagnose perinatal mood disorders as distinct from commonly experienced adjustment difficulties;
  • Assess the risk of untreated perinatal depression for the mother-baby dyad;
  • Select appropriate medications for pregnant and breastfeeding women when pharmacological treatment is indicated;
  • Develop a comprehensive management plan using a MHTP for women with perinatal mood disorders.

FREE - This activity is funded by the Western NSW PHN for AHPs & GPs in the Western NSW region.

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