Maternal Mental Health

Core Trainings

Our core topic training program offers practical, evidence-based education in maternal mental health for healthcare and community-based professionals. Each one-hour topic is presented by a perinatal psychiatrist or psychologist and emphasizes real-world assessment, management and care coordination, with a focus on improving confidence, competence and access to timely mental health care across settings.

Program Highlights:

  • Offered to organizations that serve perinatal patients.
  • Scheduled at your convenience
  • Training is specific to the needs of your agency.
  • Up to 1.25 CME/topic (CEUs pending)

Format:

  • Choose any topic from the menu below
  • Presentations are live, virtual or when possible, in-person
  • 1-hr presentation time
  • Sessions offered 1 topic at a time or up to 5 topics/day.

Topics Currently Available

Treating Depression and Anxiety in Perinatal Patients: Psychopharmacological Approaches for Prescribers

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the prevalence and diagnostic criteria of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs).
  • Discuss available psychopharmacological treatments of PMADs.
  • Apply evidence-based guidelines in managing PMADs.

Treating Bipolar Disorder in Perinatal Patients: Psychopharmacological Approaches for Prescribers

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Differentiate between major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder.
  • Discuss evidence-based treatments of bipolar disorder.
  • Summarize the pharmacokinetic changes of pregnancy and its impact on psychotropic medications.

Suicide Risk Assessment and Management in Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the prevalence of death by suicide in the perinatal period.
  • Recognize unique risk and protective factors in this population.
  • Use of a validated screening tool for the Risk assessment.

Recognizing and Assessing Mental Health Concerns in Pregnant and Post-Partum Patients: How to screen and provide next steps in care

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the epidemiology of risk factors.
  • Complications of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders.
  • Use structured tools to aid in screening and assessing patients with Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders.

A Non-Prescriber's Guide to Psychiatric Medications in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Patients

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the basics of psychiatric medication use in pregnancy and lactation.
  • Recognize risks of utilizing medication during this time as well as risks of untreated mental illness.
  • Identify practical ways to support patients in collaborating with their prescribers and adhering to their treatment plans.

Substance Use Disorders in Perinatal Individuals: Psychotherapeutic and pharmacologic treatment approaches

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the problem of substance use disorder during the perinatal period.
  • Describe general strategies to systematically address substance use disorder in the perinatal setting.
  • Discuss management of opioid use disorder in the perinatal setting.

Coming Soon

  • Trauma-Informed Care for Perinatal Patients
  • Addressing the Mental Health Needs of BIPOC Individuals During the Perinatal Period
  • The Importance of Healthy Transitions to Parenthood on Early Childhood Development: Assessing and Encouraging Parent-Child Self-Care

Request a Training

To request a maternal mental health core training, please call our clinical consultation line at 855-227-7272 or select Maternal Mental Health Core Training on the Request a Service form.