Perinatal Mood Disorders

(aka Postpartum Depression)

 —Awareness & Treatment

 

By Professionals, and Parents w/ Personal Experience

 

Monday, July 27, 2009

8:45am-1:30pm

PRESENTERS:

Tricia Wright, MD

Board Certified Obstetrician, Honolulu

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health, John A Burns School of Medicine;

Founder and Medical Director of the successful Perinatal Addiction Treatment of Hawaii

Rosemary Adam-Terem, PhD

Clinical Psychologist, Independent Practice, Honolulu

President, Hawaii Psychological Association

Adjunct clinical faculty member, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Psychology

Leina Kanana, LBSW

Supervisor of the Perinatal Support Services at Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center

Diane Ashton, MSW

Founder of PPD Support Hawaii

Mothers’ Panel & case studies

Postpartum depression, or PPD, is a type of depression that affects women after they give birth. About 13% of women experience PPD in pregnancy, in the first year after childbirth, and it can develop any time up to a year after the baby is born. Postpartum depression has deleterious effects on a woman’s relationships, her functional status, and her ability to care for her infant. The reduction of PPD is a US priority healthcare need and a major public health concern. (MedEdPPD.org)

 

Although the term “PPD” is used frequently as a term relating to the mood changes a mother may have after having a baby, a more accurate term may be Perinatal Mood Disorders. This term allows for the great variability of symptoms which often include more than depression alone and acknowledges that mood disorders (i.e., depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD) can occur during pregnancy as well as after having a baby. The #1 complication of childbirth is depression ~ one in every eight pregnant and new mothers has a perinatal mood disorder. Unfortunately, many go needlessly undiagnosed and untreated. 

 

Learn more about this very treatable condition and help spare families unnecessary pain.

 

Presented by PPD Support Hawaii

 

Register soon!—

Less than 25 seats left     FULL

 

Where:      the PATCH classroom at Dole Cannery

                             650 Iwilei Road, Suite 205

                             Honolulu, Hawaii96817  

 

When:         Monday, July 27, 8:45am -1:30pm

 

Who Should Attend: parents & family members, mental health therapists, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, home visitors, perinatal providers, pediatricians & OBGYNs.

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Please see the About link for email,  and provide the following information: 

Name:  _____________________________________

Phone: ______________ Email:  _____________________

 
$10 donation requested, will be collected at the door.  Snacks & drinks will be provided.
See you at the training on July 27th!