Objectives:

Prematurity

• Explore the causes and consequences of prematurity on the entire family
• Review medical issues for preemies that the family may have to cope with
• Discuss life in the NICU
• Explore the range of feelings in NICU families
• Identify strategies to help bond with baby
• Explore parenting under the microscope (in the NICU)
• Identify methods for easing discharge anxieties

Postpartum Depression

• Learn about maternal depression and child development
• Review postpartum depression effects on early interactions
• Review postpartum psychosis literature 
• Identify treatment approaches for postnatal depression
• Review the scary thoughts handout
• Review the mental health disorders guideline for postpartum depression
• Review the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale
• Explore antidepressant medication use during breastfeeding
• Learn about prescribing guidelines pregnant patients using opiates
• Review interventions for postpartum depression
• Learn about community based treatments for postpartum depression