It’s the RCPsych perinatal trainees conference today, and I’m speaking about ADHD in the perinatal period!
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New books for the RCPsych library from the perinatal faculty - essential reading for any aspiring perinatal psychiatrist!
If you’re a member and you’d like to borrow a book, get in touch at infoservices@rcpsych.ac.uk and they will post it to you for free
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Our next talk, from obstetrician Dr Chiara Petrosellini, focuses on sleep in the perinatal period.
There are implications for maternal mental health: a recent #MBRRACE report identified a link between sleep disturbance and maternal suicide
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Next up, a session on perinatal OCD.
Dr Himanshu Tyagi (medical psychotherapist and neuropsychiatrist) starts us off with an overview of the history and the neuropsychiatry of OCD
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Now we’re hearing trainee presentations for the Daksha Emson research prize…
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Next, Prof Sundari Anitha talks about domestic abuse at the intersection of gender and migration. She urges us to look beyond the “vulnerability” lens to consider structural factors - including precarity in migrant populations.
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RCPsych perinatal faculty conference 2024!
We have started the day with an update on bipolar medication and management in the perinatal period from @marisacdias.bsky.social
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