Lecture Series: Women and Their Families—Health Services for Pregnancy and Child Care Session 2

Session 2: Mental health before and during pregnancy, and postpartum depression

December 18, 2009 (Friday) 6:00-8:00pm (Japan Standard Time)

Kitasato University School of Nursing, World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Making Pregnancy Safer, and Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) will jointly host a series of video conferences on safe motherhood and reproductive health issues from November 2009 through spring 2010.

In the second session, Dr. Mari Takahashi, Dean of School of Nursing, Kitasato University will lecture on mental health before and during pregnancy, and postpartum depression.

Date and Time (JST):

December 18, 2009 (Friday) 6:00-8:00pm

Venue:

Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC)
10F, Fukoku Seimei Building, 2-2-2 Uchisaiwai-cho,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Lecturer:

Dr. Mari Takahashi,
Dean of School of Nursing, Director of Department of Maternity Nursing and Midwifery, Kitasato University
Director, Kitasato University Center for Nursing Career and Development and Research

Lecture Topic:

Mental health before and during pregnancy, and postpartum depression
•  Women’s psychological transformation during pregnancy, childbirth delivery, and at postpartum period
•  Mother-Child and Parents-Child relationship during postpartum period
      -Spousal abuse, child abuse or intimate partner violence,
        postpartum depression, pregnancy loss / baby loss and grief-care.

Fee:

Free

Language:

English and Japanese (simultaneous interpretation provided)

Organizers:

Kitasato University School of Nursing
World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Making Pregnancy Safer
Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC)

Registration/Inquiries:

Advance registration required （first-come, first-served）

To register or to make an inquiry, please send us your name, organization, telephone number and e-mail address by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (jointokyo@worldbank.org).

We look forward to seeing you there!

This session is part of a larger program. For more information see Lecture Series: Women and Their Families—Health Services for Pregnancy and Child Care

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