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Lesson 5: Funeral Arrangements
This lesson will focus on what to consider when talking to parents about funeral arrangements. The reasons for having a funeral or some form of ritual to say goodbye, will be discussed as well as the legalities and what is required according to the gestational age of the deceased baby. Read More
Lesson 4: The Role of the Therapist
Lesson Four provides an overview of your role and qualities as a therapist, discusses what is involved in working with bereaved parents, and summarises some of the key points about grief. Working with women pregnant and parenting after loss, is revisited. Helpful therapeutic tools are provided. Lesson Four presents… Read More
Lesson 3: Loss in the context of Perinatal Mental Health
In Lesson Three, we look at the mental health ramifications of loss, and the vulnerabilities or risk factors that can increase the likelihood of poor mental health outcomes following loss. Read More
Lesson 1: Perinatal Anxiety
We are now going to start to focus on the most common mental health conditions that can begin in pregnancy and the first year following birth – starting with perinatal anxiety. Anxiety is the most common mental health condition. In this lesson we will gain a deeper understanding of… Read More
Lesson 4: Barriers to Seeking Help
Despite the fact that depression and anxiety are so common, we know that for many reasons, help is not sought – often until a person reaches crisis point. In this lesson we review the range of barriers that prevent people from seeking help early, and again listen to the personal… Read More
Lesson 1: Effective Treatments
Lesson one will provide you with important information about safe and effective treatments for anxiety and depression. This includes talking therapies as well as medical treatments (medications). The importance of seeking treatment is also demonstrated in Nia’s story, which highlights the how this helped her on the path to… Read More
Lesson 2: Pregnancy
Pregnancy can bring many changes – physical, mental, and emotional. Whilst we often focus on the more obvious physical changes, often the other underlying adjustments are not recognised, and may cause and/or contribute to experiencing stress in pregnancy. In this lesson we consider the range of factors that may… Read More
Lesson 4: Supporting our community
So far in this course we have identified the increased risk of developing a mental health problem when having a baby. We have observed the high rates of anxiety and depression, the low awareness and barriers to help-seeking, together with the impacts of stigma. Together, these factors prevent identifying these… Read More
Lesson 3: Who is at risk?
Just like people can be at greater risk of developing physical health conditions based upon their genetic make-up, personal history and life events or lifestyle factors, so too are some people at greater risk of developing a mental health condition around the time of having a baby. In this lesson… Read More