Perinatal Mental Health

Tuition Fee

Per year

Start Date

Medium of studying

On campus

Duration

0 months

Details

Program Details

Degree

Diploma

Major

Child Psychology | Mental Health | Psychiatry

Area of study

Health

Education type

On campus

Timing

Full time

Course Language

English

Intakes

Program start date	Application deadline
2023-09-20	2023-07-01
2024-01-20	2023-10-15

About Program

Program Overview

This module is currently awaiting confirmation of Higher Education Funding.

The module is suitable for all healthcare practitioners who work with women and families, and anyone with an interest in perinatal mental health. The NICE guidelines for antenatal and postnatal mental health provide a clear remit for the prediction, detection and appropriate referral of women experiencing perinatal mental health problems during pregNAcy and after childbirth. Lack of training has been identified as a barrier to effective implementation of the NICE guidelines nationally and locally. This module has been designed in collaboration with the Hull Perinatal Mental Health Team to enable students to:

Gain an in-depth understanding of perinatal mental health

Recognise current skills and how to develop and promote these further

Have an understanding of what perinatal mental health is and how it impacts on families and the individual

Gain a greater knowledge of service provision and service requirement

Sessions include:

The lived experience of perinatal mental health problems

Primary care services, signposting and patient referral

Therapeutic underpinnings of perinatal mental health

Medication in pregNAcy and breastfeeding

Treatments and screening

PMH problems: the needs of family members

Promoting and exploring team work

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Fear of childbirth and implications for services

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