NEW PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH GUIDELINES - WHAT MIDWIVES NEED TO KNOWHighet, NicoleAustralian Midwifery News
Khalifeh H, Brauer R, Toulmin H, et al. Perinatal mental health: what every neonatologist should know. Early Hum Dev 2015;91:649-53.Khalifeh H, Brauer R, Toulmin H, Howard LM. Perinatal mental health: what every neonatologist should know. Early Hum Dev. 2015;91:649-53. https://...
Marie Louise is a sought after expert and has most recently been invited to Parliament to discuss maternal mental health and maternity discrimination. She's also a communications partner for Child.Org, an equal opportunities charity for children and advises Cocoon Family Health, a perinatal mental ...
Hope and love are popular themes of literature and art in many human societies. The human physiology of love and hope is less well understood. This review presents evidence that the lack of love and/or hope delays growth disturbs development and maturati
Genetic and prenatal or perinatal risk factors have been associated with ASD. Genetic heritability has been suggested to account for 37–55% of ASD variance [93,102,103]. A significantly increased incidence of ASD has been associated with several relatively well-defined X-linked conditions such as...
Inclusion of the care of women who have experienced abuse in the NMC standards of proficiency (2019) is a positive step forward that will necessitate its inclusion in midwifery curricula in the UK. However, other maternity care professionals regularly encounter those with histories of abuse too. ...
While individuals with PTSD often suffer from moral injury as well, moral injury is not yet a clinically diagnosable disorder [1,2,3,4]. In a study of UK armed forces veterans, clinicians reported moral injury as common amongst this cohort while noting it negatively impacted mental health, ...
Mood disorders can be messy and complex but they need our attention more than ever if care is going to improve, says one writer who lives with the condition
The symptoms for SAD are the same as above, but they usually happen only during seasons when there is less daylight. Perinatal depression (previously called postpartum depression) With perinatal depression, parents may experience some of the above-listed symptoms, plus: Not feeling like they’re ...
Don’t underestimate the effect that postpartum anxiety and depression can have on you. Be open about any feelings that are out of the norm for you, whether they last a few days or longer. The longer they last, the more likely it is that you have aperinatal mood or anxiety disorderthat...