for Professionals
PPRC is committed to providing current research and education to mental health & health care providers, home visitors, therapists, and others who have direct contact with new moms.
NEW!!! Membership
Professionals who work with perinatal women are encouraged to participate in PPRC’s membership program. In addition to FREE registration for all webinars, members receive numerous other benefits. Click here to learn more!
Education
- Bi-monthly online courses beginning this fall. Using the DSM to Diagnose Perinatal Mood Disorders will be offered on September 30, 2010. Online registration here.
- Courses designed for your group’s needs addressing assessment and treatment of perinatal mood disorders. For more information, contact Jen Stoll, Executive Director, at jen@kansasppd.org.
- MedEdppd.org is a great resource, with access to resources for clients, hospitalization decision trees, and much more.
- The Postpartum Resource Center of Kansas brochure
- Print out as many as you’d like, using color printers or grayscale settings.
- MedEdppd.org is a great resource, with access to resources for clients, hospitalization decision trees, and much more.
- The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Screening Scale
- Reproduce as needed, citing the copyright information
- A score of 11 or more indicates Depression. Patients who score a 9-10 are at great risk for depression or may be experiencing mild symptoms.
- Be sure to look at item 10. ANY score requires intervention!!!
- Medication Chart This chart, provided by the University of Illinois Perinatal Mental Health Project, lists commonly prescribed anti-depressants and some basic information about the effect of each medicine, during pregnancy and breastfeeding.