Local Workshops for Maternal Mental Health Week 2023
On June 6th 2023, members of the Institute of Neuroscience from Universidad Catolica de Cuenca, including Riseup-PPD member Johanna Pozo, organized a two-hour workshop titled: “Taking care of mom: workshop on maternal mental health”. The workshop described basic concepts on maternal mental health, as well as the impact of peripartum depression on the maternal and child brain. It also described techniques used to assess and support PPD, as well as some tools and strategies to help improve maternal mental health. The workshop was held in a hybrid mode, and was attended by 16 people, which consisted of 13 women and 3 men. The participants were mainly psychology students, new parents and pregnant women
On May 23, members of the Polish Riseup-PPD team (Magdalena Chrzan-Dętkoś & Natalia Murawska) organized a one and half hour hybrid webinar on infant development and maternal mental health. With the title “Surprising Abilities of the Baby”, this webinar targeted parents of young children and pregnant couples. The event was organized during “Mother’s Day at Gdańsk University”, which also included breastfeeding consultations with midwives. During the lecture, 15 participants were online (zoom) and 20 participants attended in person.
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On May 30, Riseup-PPD members from Serbia organized a two-hour online workshop, led by Professor Katarina Savić Vujović (Faculty of Medicine, University in Belgrade) and Dr Ana Opanković, Psychiatry Specialist from Clinical Center Serbia. A total of 31 participants, attended the workshop, which discussed about recognition, symptoms, treatment of postpartum depression. It was organized for the general population. Participants also included women who suffered from postpartum depression and shared their experience with the remaining participants of the workshop. The average age of our participants was 35 years. Participants had a lot of questions about this topic. It was interesting to share our experience with participants.  |
Members of the Spanish Riseup-PPD team organized the following events: 1) On Thursday, 18 May 2023, members of the Spanish Riseup-PPD team organized a one hour online-workshop dedicated to Maternal Mental Health Week. Professor Emma Motrico, University Loyola Andalucia, discussed the importance of maternal mental health; Professor Rafael Caparros, University of Granada, presented the main risk factors and how to detect and diagnose perinatal mental health problems; Professor Maria de La Fé Rodriguez, National University of Distance Education, provided information about prevention and the health professionals who may help women with perinatal mental health problems; and Dr. Roser Palau Costafreda (Scientific Lead at Dana) informed about the resources available for mother and health professionals. A total of 68 participants assisted to the online workshop. 2) The team produced a video regarding the importance of maternal mental health and describe some results of the RiseupPPD- study. The link to the video is the following.
