Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Course for Obstetricians
Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Course for Obstetricians
Course details:
- Duration: 9 hours
- 4.5 hours of self paced videos; 4.5 hours of live online sessions
- Reading material and theory reading 1 hour
The perinatal period is a vulnerable time for women, when they are very likely to develop mental health problems. In India, the problem is highly prevalent with rates of anxiety and depression estimated at 15.6% among pregnant women and 19.8% among postpartum women. Apart from access to mental health services, one of the biggest challenges in India is the lack of uniform screening and poor awareness amongst OBGs who are the primary clinicians for these women
The PARC, in collaboration with RCOG-SZ ( Royal College of Gyanaecologists- South Zone India), has developed a unique training program with a joint faculty of OBG’s and Psychiatrists for the first time in India.
Since the start of this collaboration in 2021, this programme has been successfully delivered to OBGs in India and South East Asia. It is also being adapted by OBG’s and Psychiatrists in South Africa.
Combination of self-paced and joint learning.
Integrates didactic theory with case-based experiential learning.
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Learning objectives:
- Identification of perinatal mental health issues in expecting and new mothers
- Learning through actual cases presented by OBG faculties
- Strategies for screening for mental illness and risk factors
- Simple strategies for primary management
- Understanding when to refer and pathways to care
This course is designed for scale and can be delivered online, asynchronously ( self- paced and in-person). The team has in-house capability to translate and deliver the course in multiple Indian languages. Our vision is for every OBG in India to be trained and have improved mental health literacy, so that every woman who experiences mental health issues in the perinatal period has access to treatment at the earliest.
2024 - 25 Timeline ( Subject to change. Sufficient notice will be given to selected students)
Course Curriculum
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Module 1: Primer
- Introduction to psychodynamic psychotherapy
- History & development
- Current status
- Practice of psychodynamic therapy
- Documentation, self of the therapist, therapist self-care
- Importance of therapeutic alliance
- Micro-skills of therapy
- Setting the frame of therapy
- Termination
- Assessment & formulation
- Creating a safe space making an initial assessment
- Domains of function
- Formulation, defining focus & setting goals
- Supervision: The What, the Why, and the How
- Termination
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Module 2: Main course
- Beginning therapy
- Setting the frame of therapy
- Engagement Boundaries
- Basic therapy processes
- Essential therapy skills (listening, talking – using psychodynamic lens)
- Therapeutic style
- Integrating with other approaches
- Developing therapeutic alliance
- Transference & countertransference
- Defence mechanisms
- Psychodynamic therapy session
- Interventions & Techniques in psychodynamic psychotherapy
- Moments in psychotherapy
- What does a session of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy look like?
- Termination of therapy
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Module 3: Main course
- Infant observations / attachment theories
- Behaviour Therapies
- Therapies for personality disorder
- Group Psychotherapy
- Family Systems Therapy
- Parent infant psychotherapy
- Psychotherapy in psychiatric practice
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Module 4: Main course
- Child and adolescent mental health
- Grief and loss
- Geriatric mental health and neuropsychiatry
- The business aspects of being a psychotherapist
- Psychotherapy in underprivileged communities
- Psychotherapy research
Some additional costs to be borne by the student
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Mandatory textbooks
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Clinical Manual Deborah L. Cabaniss, Sabrina Cherry, Carolyn J. Douglas and Anna Schwartz.
- Psychoanalytic psychotherapy by Nancy McWilliams.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: A Guide to Evidence-Based Practice by Summers & Barber.
- Additional reading material, articles and book suggestions will be provided throughout the year.
- Supervision will have to be paid for separately by the students as per the rates charged by their supervisor; these will be uniform for all students.
- Students are not allowed to pay their patients or offer any form of remuneration to complete the mandated number of sessions.
Psychiatric Faculty
Dr Prabha Chandra
Dr Ashlesha Bagadia
Dr Shubhangi Dere
Dr Sonia Parial
Dr Endumathi
Obstetric Faculty
Dr Uma Ram
Dr Varalakshmi Nandyala
Dr Uma Mikkilineni
Dr Shameema Anvarsadath
Dr Runa Benjamin
