SAS (1) Perinatal Psychiatry Masterclasses

Welcome to your SAS Psychiatrists Perinatal Psychiatry Masterclasses (Group 1).

Your ten masterclass dates: 

• Thursday 10 September 2020 
• Friday 2 October 2020 
• Monday 9 November 2020 
• Tuesday 10 November 2020   
• Thursday 10 December 2020  
• Friday 8 January 2021 
• Monday 1 February 2021  
• Tuesday 2 February 2021  
• Thursday 18 March 2021 
• Friday 23 April 2021  

Resources

• Support from RCPsych and NHS
• Welcome letter from Dr Liz McDonald and Dr Lucinda Green
• Themes and programme details 
• 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 (Dr 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)
• Case Study 1 - Depression 1
• Case Study 2 - Depression 2
• Slides - Perinatal depression (Dr Lucinda Green)
• Slides - Anxiety Disorders (Dr Lucinda Green)
• Slides - Bipolar Affective Disorder and Post-partum Psychosis (Dr Liz McDonald)
• Slides - Women in Schizophrenia (Dr Liz McDonald)
• 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 - Child Safeguarding in the Perinatal Context (Dr Lucinda Green)
• Slides - Pre birth planning meetings   (Dr Lucinda Green)
• Cases - Pre birth planning meetings   (Dr Lucinda Green)
• Slides - Personality Disorder and its implications for Maternal Mental Health and Parenting Part 1 (Dr Gwen Adshead)
• Slides - Personality Disorder and its implications for Maternal Mental Health and Parenting Part 2 (Dr Gwen Adshead)
• Slides - Psychological interventions for women with personality disorder in the perinatal period (Dr Nic Horley)
• Handout - Guidance for Newborn Assessment (Pan-London Perinatal Mental Health)
• Slides - Prescribing psychotropic medication in pregnancy and breastfeeding - general principles (Dr Liz McDonald)
• Slides - Antidepressants and pregnancy (Professor Ian Jones)
• Slides - Prescribing antipsychotics and mood stabilizers in pregnancy and breastfeeding  (Dr Angelika Wieck)
• Article - Lithium use in  pregnancy and the risk of cardiac malformations (Patorno et al)
• Article - Maternal use of specific antidepressant medications during early pregnancy and the risk of selected birth defects (Anderson et al)
• Article - Continuation of atypical antipsychotic medication during early pregnancy and the risk of gestational diabetes (Park et al)
• Slides - Domestic violence (Dr Hind Khalifeh)
• Case Study - Domestic violence (Dr Hind Khalifeh)
• Slides - Preconception (Dr Maddalena Miele)
• Slides - Compassion (Dr Lucinda Green)
• Slides - Working with and understanding women with substance dependence and misuse in the perinatal period - Dr Emily Finch

For Thursday 18 March

• Slides - Eating Disorders in perinatal period - Dr Catia Acosta
• Case study - Eating disorder
• Slides - Perinatal Loss - Dr Sarah Finnis 
• Case 1 -  Birth trauma and loss
• Case 2 - Birth trauma and loss
• Case 3 - Birth trauma and loss
• Case 4 - Birth trauma and loss
• Slides - Specialist Obstetrics & Gynaecology Service

Useful links

• A preconception resource for health care professionals working with women with SMI

• 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 web browser and clicking the joining link again

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