The Darker Side of Motherhood: Treating and Understanding Postpartum Mood Disorders
September 24, 2010
Dr. Shosh is a pioneer in the field. She is a survivor of two life-threatening, undiagnosed postpartum depressions. She founded Postpartum Assistance for Mothers in 1987, and is a former president of Postpartum Support International. She has helped over 18,000 women worldwide through individual consultations, support groups and wellness seminars. As a noted guest lecturer and keynote speaker, she travels throughout the US and abroad, training medical and mental health professionals to assess and treat postpartum depression and related mood disorders. She earned three teaching credentials, two masters degrees, a Ph.D. and is licensed as a clinical psychologist.
Westside Infant-Family Network is hosting a two-day training during which attendees will learn how to: differentiate between Baby Blues and Postpartum Depression, identify the six postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, list intervention strategies when a woman is suffering, name at least two psychiatric medications commonly used for nursing mothers and the medications' side effects, list at least two alternative/natural strategies for recovery, demonstrate the skills to verbally deescalate a suffering mother in the moment - identify appropriate statements that may be helpful and recognize inappropriate statements that may cause further harm, explain how collaboration of professionals can be done effectively, learn the risk assessment skills - when it's appropriate to hospitalize a mother and when it can often be avoided, differentiate between postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder and postpartum psychosis, and list at least two therapeutic techniques to relieve a suffering mother's anxiety.
Event date: September 24, 2010 and October 15, 2010
Event time: 9am - 4pm (Both Days). Please note that this is a two part training taking place on two separate days, while we do encourage you to register for both trainings, we are accepting registrations for one training day.
This event will be held at Culver City Veteran's Memorial Bldg. 4117 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA 90232.
For more information contact: Stephanie Fiamengo, Volunteer Training Coordinator Westside Infant-Family Network at (310)846-4100 x6138 or trainings@winla.org
