Postpartum Support International (PSI) Advisory Council webinar series explores expert research and treatment in perinatal mental health. The sessions cover identification, diagnosis, support, and treatment.
PSI Advisory Council Series 2026
Live Webinars
Live Webinar #2: 4/17/26
Criminally Charged: Understanding postpartum psychosis and altruistic filicide; Diana Lynn Barnes, PsyD, LMFT, PMH-C
This webinar explores the connection between early trauma and later perinatal psychotic delusions that distort a mother’s thinking to such an extent that she would take the life of her infant, believing it is truly in the best interests of that child. Displays of maternal love and protection within the context of altruistic filicide will be described, along with the challenges of expert testimony regarding establishing insanity in cases of altruistic filicide driven by the delusions of postpartum psychosis. This is webinar #2 in the 2026 PSI Advisory Council Webinar Series.
PSI Advisory Council Series 2026
Live Webinars
The Postpartum Support International (PSI) Advisory Council webinar series explores expert research and treatment in perinatal mental health. The sessions cover identification, diagnosis, support, and treatment.
The PSI Advisory Council Webinar Series is a series of four classes presented as live webinars. The series covers integral topics in perinatal mental health, covering research, identification, diagnosis, and treatment. The expert faculty, members of the PSI Advisory Council, are experienced perinatal mental health clinicians, researchers, and advocates.
2026 Series Faculty: Carly Snyder, MD and Chris Raines, RN, MSN, APRN-BC PMH-C; Diana Lynn Barnes, PsyD, LMFT, PMH-C; Kathleen Kendall-Tackett Ph.D., IBCLC, FAPA; R. Featherstone, WHNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, PMH-C
SCHEDULE:
Webinar #1: 3/27/2026
Read Like a Scientist: How to Critically Evaluate Research in Reproductive Psychiatry
Carly Snyder, MD and Chris Raines, RN, MSN, APRN-BC PMH-C
04/17/2026
Live Webinar #2:
Criminally Charged: Understanding postpartum psychosis and altruistic filicide
Diana Lynn Barnes, PsyD, LMFT, PMH-C
08/17/2026
Live Webinar #3:
Feeding, Crying, and Mother-Infant Sleep: Why Standard Sleep Advice Threatens Breastfeeding and Harms Maternal Mental Health
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC, FAPA
11/06/2026
Live Webinar #4: Register for the Live Presentation – Nov 6
Evidence-Based Practice in Perinatal Mental Health Education: Increasing Screening and Timely Treatment
Featherstone, WHNP-BC, MSN, PMH-C
Advisory Council Series 2024
Self-paced recorded webinar series
The PSI Advisory Council Webinar Series is a series of seven classes presented as a live webinar and is now available on demand. The series covers integral topics in perinatal mental health, covering research, identification, diagnosis, and treatment. The expert faculty, members of the Postpartum Support International Advisory Council, are experienced perinatal mental health clinicians, researchers, and advocates.
Faculty: Kieran O’Donnell, PhD; Hajara Kutty; Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Ph.D., IBCLC, FAPA; Susan Dowd Stone, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C; Alexis Menken, PhD and Claudia Pascale, PhD; Carly Snyder, MD; R. Featherstone, WHNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, PMH-C
SCHEDULE:
- Perinatal Mental Health and Child Development: What Can Biology Tell Us? | Kieran O’Donnell, PhD
- Issues/Barriers to Care Impacting BIPOC Parents and PMHDs | Hajara Kutty, B.Ed.
- New Findings and Emerging Trends in Postpartum Mental Illness: Risk Factors and Treatments | Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC, FAPA
- Disordered Eating in Pregnancy and the Postpartum: A Dangerous Dilemma | Susan Stone, LCSW, PMH-C
- Confounding Influences of Fertility Treatment on Perinatal Mood Disorders | Alexis Menken, PhD and Claudia Pascale, PhD
- Sex in Pregnancy and Postpartum: The Overlooked Piece of the Puzzle | R. Featherstone, WHNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, PMH-C
- ADHD, Pregnancy & the Use of Stimulants | Carly Snyder, MD
Continuing Education: 7 hours total. Approved for APA; ASWB/ACE; NBCC; AOTA, CAPPA; pending approval for CME. No partial CE credit is allowed.
Previous Series
(Recordings Available)
Advisory Council Webinar Series 2022
The series of five classes was presented as a live webinar series and is now available on demand. The series covers integral topics in perinatal mental health; covering bio-psychological research, identification, diagnosis, and treatment. The expert faculty are members of the PSI Advisory Council and are experienced clinicians, researchers, and perinatal mental health support advocates.
- Faculty: Kathleen Kendall-Tackett Ph.D., IBCLC, FAPA; Daniel Singley, PhD, PMH-C; Carly Snyder, MD; Susan Dowd Stone, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C; Kieran O’Donnell, PhD
- Continuing Education: Approved for APA; ASWB; NBCC; AOTA
Webinars
- Burnout, secondary trauma, and moral injury in maternity providers: Kathleen Kendall Tackett, Ph.D., IBCLC, FAPA
- Cultural Shifts in Fatherhood: This is not your Father’s Fatherhood: Danny Singley, PhD
- Risk of Untreated Perinatal Mental Health Disorders and the Benefit of Treatment: Carly Snyder, MD
- Animals in the perinatal period – companions and protectors: Susan Stone, LCSW, PMH-C
- Perinatal Mental Health, Epigenetics, and Child Development: Kieran O’Donnell, PhD
