26th Annual Postpartum Support International (PSI) Conference:
Innovation and Advocacy to Support
Mental Health of Pregnant and Postpartum Families
The annual Postpartum Support International conference provides an opportunity to meet, learn together, and share ideas with others who are concerned about perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs). This professional event is a unique training and networking opportunity. The purpose of the conference is to bring together and inform medical and mental health providers, childbirth professionals, support and resource providers, caregivers, policy-makers, researchers, volunteers, families, and educators who want to improve their understanding of PMADs and improve their ability to serve childbearing families.
Easy Online Registration www.psiconference2013.eventbrite.com
You can choose to attend any combination of the conference events.
Friday Night Banquet :
Keynote: Mary Jo Codey, former First Lady of New Jersey, Perinatal Mental Health Advocate
Banquet M.C.: Archelle Georgiou, MD
Conference Keynotes:
- Cheryl Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN; Penny Simkin, PT; Sharon Storton, MA, CHT, LMFT; moderated by Pat Harrison, PhD: PTSD, Birth Trauma and Perinatal Mental Health
- Martha Farrell Erickson, PhD, Founding Director (Emerita) of the University of Minnesota's Children, Youth, & Family Consortium and Co-host of Mom Enough™, Supporting Secure Parent-Child Attachment in the Face of Maternal Depression and Other Risks
- Laura Miller, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Current Research and Clinical Updates in Perinatal Mental Health
- Kathryn Hall-Trujillo, MPH, Founder of the Birthing Project USA: The Underground Railroad for New Life www.birthingprojectusa.org.
Conference Breakout Presentations (by topic)
Childbirth, Childbirth Professionals, and Maternal Mental Health
Doulas - Adding Another Dimension to Effective PMAD Support: Melinda Ferguson, CD(DONA), PCD(DONA), PDT(DONA)
Failure to Progress: The Paradox of Pain in Childbirth and Subsequent PTSD: Walker Karraa, PhDc and Heidi Koss, MA, LMHC
Advocacy, Legal, Legislative & Policy
Postpartum Psychosis and the Law: Diana Lynn Barnes, PsyD and George Parnham, JD
Maternal Mental Health Legislation and Advocacy Workshop: How to create policy and implement Change: Moderators Wendy Davis, PhD & Liz Friedman, with Sue Abderholden, MPH; Sonia Murdock; Joy Burkhard, MBA; Carole Sheehan, RN, MA; Christina Hibbert, PsyD; Tina Walch, MD; Pauline Walfisch, LCSW
Policy and public health aspects of addressing postpartum depression: Katy Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA; Patricia McGovern, PhD; Dwenda Gerdingen, MD, Laura Attanasio
Psychological and Developmental Aspects
Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Treat Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Nina Appadurai, PsyD, and Linda Huelke-Pfleger, MS, LCPC
Surviving the NICU Experience: Postpartum Moms, Moods, and Strengthening Attachments: Leslie Butterfield, PhD
Infant-Parent Psychotherapy: Elizabeth Carlson, PhD, Jane Ellison, MS, Anne Gearity, PhD, Scott Harman, MSW, Susan Schultz, PhD, Carol Siegel, PhD
Strengthening Perinatal Families: Using Couple’s & Family Therapy to Heal Relationships: Christina G. Hibbert, PsyD
Culturally-Informed Projects
Fussy Baby Network® New Orleans & Gulf Coast: Addressing Family Wellness: Courtney Morse Costello, MSW, MPH, LCSW and Jennifer Hofherr, OTR/L, MS
Stretching the boundaries: training non-mental health perinatal professionals to meet the support needs of rural pregnant and postpartum women: Deborah Rich, PhD, LP; Krista Post, MA, LP; Maureen O’Dougherty, PhD; Suzanne Swanson, PhD, LP
"Aquí Para Ti/Here for You" A glimpse at those overlooked - Latino teens with postpartum depression: Amelia Yaurincela Pizarro, Mónica Hurtado
Integrating Medical and Mental Health Care
Bridges in Care: Results from the OB CARES Project: Gina Fedock, MSW, Christie Palladino, MD, MSc, Caroline Bonham, MD
Making Children Visible by Addressing the Parenting Needs of Mothers with Serious Mental Illness: Helen Kim, MD; Jesse Kuendig, MA, LICSW; Catherine Wright, MS, LPCC
Continuous Innovation in Established Perinatal Depression Screening Programs: Jo Kim, PhD
Transforming Science into Strategy: A Multidisciplinary Model for Perinatal Mood Disorder Screening: Alison Palmer, MS, WHNP-BC
Feelings, Thoughts, Behaviors Oh My! A New NICU Family Program: Sage Saxton, PsyD and Jillian Romm, RN, LCSW
Depression and Anxiety in the Pregnant Patient: Medication & Beyond: Kelly Brogan, MD
Social Support Network Development
Postpartum Education for Parents (PEP), 35 years of Successful Social Support: Chris Errea and Jane Honikman, MS
Promoting Maternal Mental Health through the Community-Based Perinatal Support Model for Mothers: Liz Friedman, MFA and Linda Jablonski, APRN
Workshop - Developing a Sustainable Social Support Network in Your Community: Birdie Meyer, RN, MA Moderator, with Social Support Network Leaders Meeka Centimano, LSCSW; Wendy Davis, PhD; Tonya Fulwider; Adrienne Griffen, Elizabeth Hopfenspirger, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, Heidi Koss, MA, LMHC; Lynne McIntyre, MSW, LGSW; Sonia Murdock
Learning From the Lived Experience
The Next Chapter: Building from Our Own Stories: Moderated by Suzanne Swanson, PhD: Ashley Ashbacher LSW, CD(DONA): Birth trauma; Michele Davidson, PhD, CNM, CFN, RN, CPS: Postpartum Psychosis; Mikki Morrissette (Single mothers by choice); Jennifer Moyer: Advocacy and Perinatal Mental Health; Trisha Falvey: LGBT Experience
Poster Presentations:
Friday, June 21, 2013
5:15pm-5:45pm: Research Mentoring Session
with Barbara Yawn, MD, MSc, FAAFP
6:00pm- 7:00pm: Poster Presentations with Pre-Banquet Reception
Moms 4 Moms: The development of an Effective Peer Support Intervention for High-Risk Mothers and Their Children: Dayna Le Platte, MD, the PSI Susan A. Hickman research Award Winner 2011
Partner Relationships: A risk and a protection for postpartum depression: Jamie E. Banker, Ph.D., LMFT
Pregnancy after Infertility Treatment: Understanding and Supporting Prenatal Attachment: Staci Born MS, LAMFT, LPC, NCC
Childbirth Related PTSD, The Overlooked Diagnosis: Leslie Butterfield, PhD
Differences in clinical characteristics between women with Bipolar vs Unipolar Postpartum Depression: A Preliminary Study, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology: Cere Gillette Fingerhut, MS, Katherine E. Williams, MD, Tonita E. Wroolie, PhD
UNC Perinatal Psychiatry Program, New Approaches to Caring and Treatment of Perinatal Mood Disorders: Diana Fryer, RN-BC, PMH
Online Therapy and Groups: The Wave of the Future: Pec Indman, EdD, MFT
Pregnancy Experiences: Maternal Identity, Body Experience and Social Constructions: Jessica A. Joseph, MA and Lisa R. Rubin, PhD
An international internet-based prevention of PPD trial: Who came and how they used it: Alex R. Kelman, BA, Meagan Stanley, BA, Alinne Z. Barrera, PhD, Ricardo F. Muñoz, PhD
Nurturing Blooming Mothers: Sara Longacre and Brianna Murugesan, D.O.
Placenta Consumption, Another Piece in the Puzzle: Margaret McKinley Owens CLC, PCD(DONA) and Anne Ferguson, HCHI, CD(DONA)
A Comparison of Two Post-Partum Depression Assessments Used in the Hospital Setting: Nancy Roberts, RN CCE CBC
Universal EPDS Screening in a Large Multispecialty Clinic: Michelle Wiersgalla, MD and Gabrielle Mauren, PhD
Treating Postpartum Depression and Anxiety Naturally: Cheryl Zauderer, PhD, CNM, NPP
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