New Consultants Perinatal Psychiatry Masterclasses

• Welcome to your New Consultants Perinatal Psychiatry Masterclasses.

Your ten masterclass dates: 

• Friday 11 September 2020 
• Thursday 8 October 2020 
• Monday 2 November 2020 
• Tuesday 3 November 2020  
• Thursday 3 December 2020 
• Monday 11 January 2021 
• Thursday 11 February 2021 
• Friday 12 February 2021 
• Monday 15 March 2021 
• Thursday 22 April 2021  

Resources

• Support from RCPsych and NHS
• Welcome letter from Dr Liz McDonald and Dr Lucinda Green
• Themes and programme overview  
• Full programme details 021120 
  • includes your essential and recommended reading lists, intended learning objectives for each day and speaker biographies

Slides and Case Studies

Copies of the PowerPoint presentations/case studies will be made available here to view by kind permission of the presenters.

All presentations remain the intellectual property of the author and it is strictly prohibited to copy, distribute or reproduce any information, images or data included in these presentations without prior written consent of the author. If a presentation is not listed, it is because we have not received permission from the author. This page will be updated if further presentations are received.

• Slides - The Perinatal Frame of Mind (Liz McDonald)
• Slides - The National Picture (Giles Berrisford)
• Breakout Room 1 - for discussion during The National Picture
• Breakout Room 2 -  for discussion during The National Picture
• Breakout Room 3 -  for discussion during The National Picture
• Breakout Room 4 -  for discussion during The National Picture
• Breakout Room 5 -  for discussion during The National Picture
• Slides - Formulation and Communication (Dr Lucinda Green)
• Slides - Perinatal Voices - (Rosie Loman)
• Slides - Lived Experience - (Clare Dolman)
• Slides - A Partner's Experience (Henry Fay)
• Slides - Pre-birth planning meetings (Dr Lucinda Green)
• Case Studies  - Pre-birth planning case scenarios
• Slides - Child safeguarding in the perinatal context (Dr Lucinda Green)
• Slides - Assessment of the mother-infant relationship in clinical practice (Dr Maddalena Miele)
• Slides - The evidence base for interventions with parents and infants in the perinatal period (Professor Jane Barlow)
• Slides - What have we learned from women who have died from psychiatric causes in the perinatal period?(Dr Roch Cantwell)

For 3 December:

• Anderson et al, Maternal use of specific antidepressant medications
• Patorno et al, Lithium use in pregnancy
• Park et al, Risk of gestational diabetes
• Slides - Antidepressants - Prof Ian Jones

For 11 January:

• Slides - Gwen Adshead - Personality Disorder - part 1
• Slides - Gwen Adshead - Personality Disorder - part 2
• Consensus statement on ADHD
• Paper on self-harm - Johannsen et al
• Slides - Psychological therapies - Nic Horley

For 11 February:

• Slides - Alex Ruck Keane Mental Capacity Act and Court of Protection procedure 
• Cases - Mental Health and Capacity Law and the Court of Protection in the perinatal context
• Case - Advance Directive (sample) - Dr Lucy Stephenson 
• Slides - Advanced Decision making - Dr Lucy Stephenson 
• Slides - When mothers kill - Dr Gwen Adshead
• Slides - Perinatal- Forensic Liaison - Dr Sumi Ratnam and Dr Olivia Protti

For 12 February

• Perinatal Mental Health preconception advice - Dr Maddalena Miele
• Slides - DVA, Perinatal Mental Health & Covid - Dr Hind Khaliefh
• Cases - Domestic Violence - Dr Hind Khaliefh
• Slides - Working with and understanding women with substance dependence and misuse in the perinatal period - Dr Emily Finch

For Monday 15 March:

• Slides - Eating disorders - Dr Catia Acosta
• Slides - Birth Trauma - Dr Sarah Finnis
• Slides - Perinatal Loss - Dr Sarah Finnis
• Slides - Specialist Obs & Gynae Psychological Service - Dr Sarah Finnis

For Thursday 22 April

• Compassion in Perinatal Mental Health Services  - Dr Lucinda Green 

• A website hub: www.tommys.org/planning-a-pregnancy-and-mental-illness
• A pregnancy planning tool: www.tommys.org/planningforpregnancy
• Information animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbF7lEhoCwc&feature=emb_logo

How to join a masterclass session

 Sessions take place online via Zoom. To take part you will need: 

• Access to a reliable internet connection
• A PC, laptop, tablet or phone
• Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge browser or Zoom installed on your PC, laptop, tablet or phone
• You do not need to have a Zoom account - some users may experience difficulty joining Zoom meetings due to security settings. If this is the case, we suggest you select the option to join via a web browser, rather than the Zoom app
• A joining link and instructions will be emailed to you in advance of each session

Read more about using Zoom.

During the session

• You will view the speakers as they present and any accompanying slides/videos
• You will need to share your camera and microphone during the course
• There may also be breakout or smaller discussion groups
• You can ask questions using the Q&A function located on the right-hand side of your screen
• You can raise your hand, using the ‘raise hand’ function - if you are selected by the speaker to ask your question, remember to 'unmute' yourself
• If you lose connection during the session, refresh your screen or try closing your browser and clicking the joining link again

Contact the team: email Catherine Ayres and Emma George at   perinatal.masterclasses@rcpsych.ac.uk.