Objectives

Prematurity

  • Learn about causes and effects of prematurity on the entire family
  • Review medical issues for preemies
  • Discuss life in the NICU
  • Explore the range of feelings in NICU families
  • Identify strategies to help bond with baby
  • Explore parenting under the microscope (in the NICU)
  • Identify methods for easing discharge anxieties


Perinatal and Postpartum Depression

  • Learn about maternal depression and child development
  • Review postpartum depression effects on early interactions
  • Review postpartum psychosis literature 
  • Identify treatment approaches for postnatal depression
  • Review the scary thoughts handout
  • Review the mental health disorders guideline for postpartum depression
  • Review the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale
  • Explore antidepressant medication use during breastfeeding
  • Learn about prescribing guidelines pregnant patients using opiates
  • Review interventions for postpartum depression
  • Learn about community based treatments for postpartum depression