Interpersonal Psychotherapy

Professor Scott Stuart

Dealing with Uncertainty: practical approaches to prescribing dilemmas in pregnancy and breastfeeding

Professor Ian Jones
Dr Roch Cantwell

Secret History: a training method for enhancing non-mental health providers' empathic care for mothers

Simone Honikman

Coordinator: Bronwyn Leigh

Joint Marcé/APS (PIPIG)/ AAIMHI Workshop

Mindful & Reflective Approach to Mother-Infant Intervention

The Reflective Parenting Program The Mindful Parenting Group The Parent Development Interview
Diane Reynolds

How to Ask and Respond to Domestic Violence - A Practical how-to-do-it Session

Professor Louise Howard

The Premiestart Intervention: Helping parents help their preterm infants

Dr Carol Newnham

17:00-19:00

17.30-19.00

WELCOME TO COUNTRY AND OPENING CEREMONY WITH ENTERTAINMENT

FOLLOWED BY COCKTAILS
Come and be part of the exciting opening of the Conference!

Grand 5 & 6

Psychotropics and pregnancy - making sense of the data
Professor Ian Jones

Lithium and other medication in bipolar disorder during pregnancy and the postpartum period
Dr Richard Wesseloo

Treating depression in pregnancy: focus on child outcomes
Professor Megan Galbally

Psychopharmacology and Pregnancy: methodological issues in research
Adrienne Einarson

Interventions other than psychosocial, psychological and pharmacological interventions for preventing postpartum depression: a Cochrane systematic review
Professor Cindy-Lee Dennis (241)

The effectiveness of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: HTA systematic review, evidence synthesis and meta-analysis
Dr Jane Morrell (358)

The cost-effectiveness of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: HTA systematic review, evidence synthesis and meta-analysis
Dr Jane Morrell (361)

Listening Visits Delivered by U.S. Point-of-Care Providers: Sustainability of Treatment Gains
Professor Lisa Segre (21)

Effects and consequences for mother and child from treatment for depression. A randomized controlled trial with internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy and sertraline or placebo
Dr Ewa Andersson (133)

Internet-based depression treatment for adolescent mothers
Dr Cynthia Logsdon (38)

Does exercise or physical activity intervention improve postnatal depression and weight loss? A systematic review
Maryam Saligheh (268)

What was the NPDI funded to achieve and how was it to be evaluated: ideal vs. reality
Dr Nicole Highet (229)

Patterns of obstetric, psychiatric and other inpatient service utilization among women giving birth in Australia.
Taryn Major (100)

Hospital costs associated with perinatal mental health diagnoses for Australian women
Dr Mary Lou Chatterton (121)

What has been the impact of the National Perinatal Depression Initiative (NPDI) on Medicare and hospital service use?
Associate Professor Georgina Chambers (208)

Practice Based Evidence from the National Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Helpline
Jenni Richardson (335)

Implementation of FDV screening and intervention in WA Health and application in maternity services.
Dr Felice Watt (259)

Case study: introducing screening in a private maternity hospital
Dr Suzanne Higgins (254)

The influence of paternal depression on their children's emotion regulation
Dr Selina Nath (182)

Fathers' Perinatal Mental Health: An Important and Neglected Topic
Holly Rominov (37)

Can A Co-Parenting Support Program for Young Expectant Couples Improve Fathers' Adjustment To Parenthood?
Dr Paul Florsheim (147)

Factors Associated with Poor Father-to-infant Attachment at 6 Months Postpartum: A Community Study in Victoria, Australia
Dr Karen Wynter (45)

The course of depressive symptoms in Swedish fathers during the first postnatal years
Dr Pamela Massoudi (306)

Attachment and coparenting mental representations in fathers during the transition to parenthood
Professor Ba´rbara Figueiredo (340)

Associations between unsettled infant behaviour, paternal depressive symptoms and anger: a community cohort study
Dr Fallon Cook (251)

12:05-12:25
What happens now makes a difference: Infants made homeless by family violence
Wendy Bunston (378)

Dr Alain Gregoire, Chair, UK Maternal Mental Health Alliance, Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist
Introduction: Professor Jeannette Milgrom, President International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health
Grand 5 & 6

Biological Underpinnings of Postpartum Psychosis and Postpartum Depression
Dr Harish Thippeswamy (272)

Lower Allopregnanolone in Pregnancy Predicts Postpartum Depression
Dr Lauren Osborne (214)

Contributions of genetic risk, social support, and adverse life events with postpartum depression
Dr Jerry Guintivano (247)

An evaluation of interventions provided for women with acute severe perinatal mental disorders in England
Professor Louise Howard (230)

Development of a Scale to Rate Maternal behaviour among mothers with Postpartum Psychosis in Mother Baby units
Professor Prabha Chandra (262)

Results from the Bordeaux's MBU database: Risk factors for maternal mixed states and request of placement of the baby at discharge
Dr Anne-Laure Sutter-Dallay (93)

Women & Infants Hospital MBU: USA Model of Care
Dr Margaret Howard (244)

Quality improvement in perinatal mental health services in the UK - establishing a national network
Dr Roch Cantwell (160)

MIND2CARE, an innovative screen-and-advice model for psychopathology, psychosocial problems and substance use, during pregnancy
Dr K. Marieke Paarlberg (59)

WAWA - "What Am I Worried About":  Adapting an Australian intervention for new mothers residing in the community with symptoms of anxiety and depression
Meital Simhi (385)

Combined with themed abstracts

Prevention of postpartum common mental disorders among primiparous women

A new way of thinking about prevention of postnatal common mental disorders among primiparous women: evidence from a cRCT of a gender-informed psychoeducational program for couples
Professor Jane Fisher (47)

Participating in What Were We Thinking and Perinatal Common Mental Disorders: Assessing Mechanisms for Change
Dr Karen Wynter (97)

Implementing WWWT into standard postnatal care: a translational formative evaluation
Dr Heather Rowe (39)

Building organisational capacity to manage perinatal mental health disorders in an early parenting support service.
Melanie Marsh (191)

Gidget House: an original and unique model for the provision of outpatient psychological care
Catherine Knox (296)

Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Collaborative Day Program: a research project
Dr Catherine Rawlinson (27)

Improving maternal outcomes by admitting antenatal women to a Mother and Baby Unit - case presentation
Gillian Ennis (237)

The Precursor of the Mirror. Attachment, Bonding and a Mother on the Autism Spectrum
Dr Angela Livingstone (52)

Translational Action-Research in the Development of a Childbirth and Mental Illness Service
Jenny O'Callaghan/Felice Watt (260)

Enabling Breastfeeding in the Presence of Maternal Mental Health Difficulties: A Perinatal Psychiatrist and GP Lactation Consultant Working Together to Optimise Care
Dr Marnie Rowan (290)

Perinatal Mental Health in Greece: The case of a primary care center supporting pregnant women, new mothers and their families
Dr Maria Daglas (280)

Enhancing service engagement through early antenatal screening and referral for at risk families
Naomi Guiver (327)

Community health workers in integrated mental health care for perinatal depression in Surabaya, Indonesia
Endang Surjaningrum (328)

Lithium and breastfeeding women: new approach at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne
Dr Lisa Amir (392)

"I call it emotional turmoil rather than depression": A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies on general practitioners' diagnosis and management of perinatal depression and anxiety
Dr Judy Shakespeare (58)

14:55-15:35
Arts and Minds- working with creative partners to develop training and education tools
Dr Jo Black (212)

Symposium Chair: Associate Professor Claudia Klier

Prevention of Filicide in the Context of the Perinatal Period
Associate Professor Claudia Klier (246)

Consultations With Key Informants In Malaysia On Why Women Commit Filicide
Professor Jane Fisher (234)

Personal Perspectives From Women Convicted Of Filicide
Dr Maggie Kirkman (231)

Symposium Chair: Professor Keiko Yoshida (29)

Trends in perinatal mental health care in the UK and relevance to the development of programmes in other nations
Dr Alain Gregoire (394)

Establishment of community-based mental healthcare
Dr Rie Oyama and Dr.Yoshihiro Akimoto (155)

Obstetric work for the sufferers in the North Japan Disaster Area and their recent work on pregnant women
Dr Hiroko Suzumiya, Dr. Hiroshi Yamashita and Prof. Keiko Yoshida (201)

The role of psychiatrists in multidisciplinary teams for perinatal women: findings from consultation-liaison work
Dr Hitomi Seino (101)

In-conference workshop

17:00-18.15
How to influence national policy and service provision: the experience of the UK MMHA and Everyone's Business Campaign - Promoting awareness and service development in perinatal mental health
Dr Alain Gregoire and Emily Slater (398)

Addressing Perinatal Depression: Development, Implementation, Results of a Statewide Consultation and Care Coordination Program
Dr Nancy Byatt (81)

Perinatal mental health education in Australia: Past, present and future
Anne Sved Williams (282)

Combined with themed abstracts

Prenatal psychological distress and access to mental health care in the ELFE cohort
Dr Anne-Laure Sutter-Dallay (267)

Early prenatal interview and antenatal education for childbirth and parenthood: Associated psychosocial and obstetric characteristics in women of the ELFE cohort
Dr Anne-Laure Sutter-Dallay (292)

Patterns of perinatal depression and treatment from pregnancy to five years postpartum
Dr Angela Bowen (204)

If we are saying goodbye to 'listening visits', what does this mean for the way that health visitors support mothers with mental health problems in the future?
Catherine Lowenhoff (169)

Integrating Maternal Mental Health Care in the Pediatric Medical Home Treatment Engagement and Child Outcomes
Dr Lauren Osborne (281)

Best Practice Guidelines for Perinatal Depression for Nurses (2016)
Dr Angela Bowen (371)

California Maternal Mental Health Commission - Findings and Recommendations
Dr Emily Dossett (49)

Falling between the cracks Perinatal mental health [PNMH] - the poor relation of maternal medicine? Development Pilot
Dr Louise Page (277)

Volunteers' experiences of providing peer support on the PANDA Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia Helpline
Laura Biggs (252)

Dual diagnosis in perinatal mental health care - the synergistic benefits of two specialised services
Megan Rohde (159)

The prevention of postnatal depression: what works for whom - the results of a HTA systematic review realist synthesis
Dr Jane Morrell (355)

Frequency of 'time for self' predicts postnatal depression: results from a prospective cohort study
Dr Hannah Woolhouse (115)

Using the NBO for vulnerable parents in a busy Perinatal and Infant Mental Health C/L Service how is it useful? Our experience and observations 18 months after its introduction
Dr Rosalind Powrie (238)

'Good Enough' Service Delivery: Promoting sustainable models of care for parent and infant mental health in rural communities
Caitlin Fraser (266)

Implementation of Partial Hospital MBUs: Gaining Traction in the USA
Dr Margaret Howard (109)

e-PIMH: A Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Workforce Development Pilot
Naomi Kikkawa (125)

Evidence based practice in the community sector: PANDSI's Pathway to Wellness
Dr Marian Currie (401)

17:00-17:45
Perinatal Mental Health Complications: The Access to Care Conundrum
Dr Kimberley Zittel-Barr (23)

A Swaddling Community of Care: Assisting Families with Perinatal Mental Health Complications Using Multidisciplinary Collaborations
Dr Kimberley Zittel-Barr (24)

The International Marcé Society MBU Network: a proposal to develop a clinical and research network of mother and baby units
Dr Roch Cantwell (295)

OR
Relax and explore Melbourne

Plenary - John Cox Medal
Introductory message from Professor John Cox

Effects of prenatal anxiety, depression and stress on the child: global implications
Professor Vivette Glover
Grand 5 & 6

Invited speaker: Diane Reynolds

Sponsored by NBO, The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne

Intervening with the Troubled Early Infant-Parent Relationship through Supporting the Development of Reflective Capacity and Emotional Regulation

When food is not enough: nonorganic feeding disorders in infants of mothers experiencing serious mental illness
Dr Meredith Banks

The ample intervention for adolescent parents
Dr Susan Nicolson

Parenting with feeling - attachment and interactional group intervention for parents with early trauma
Professor Louise Newman

Microbiota of meconium in newborns is associated with pregnancy specific anxiety mothers experienced during pregnancy
Professor Yoko Nomura (286)

The Importance of Intrauterine Environment in Shaping the Neonatal Genome
Associate Professor Jeffrey Craig (310)

Double trouble : impact of maternal obesity and perinatal mood on offspring neurodevelopment
Professor Rebecca Reynolds (399)

What research has taught us, in regard to fathers' perinatal mental health?
Nine Glangeaud-Freudenthal (8)

SMS 4 Dads (Australia)
Associate Professor Richard Fletcher (63)

The Father Friendly Initiative in Quebec : Enhancing health professionals' competencies
Dr Francine de Montigny (91)

The Dad Bridge: fatherhood as motivator in clinical practice with men and their families
Dr Matthew Roberts (98)

Combined with themed abstracts

Psychiatric problems and concerns among husbands of women admitted to a Mother - Baby Psychiatry Unit and the effectiveness of a single group intervention
Dr Geetha Desai (362)

Adapting behaviour change paradigms for delivering support to new fathers via mobile phones
Associate Professor Richard Fletcher (89)

Fathers' depression and paternal adjustment and paternal attitudes during the transition to parenthood
Professor Bárbara Figueiredo (339)

Fathers and Perinatal Mental Health
Mark Williams (44)

Antidepressant use during pregnancy and psychiatric disorders in the offspring
Dr Xiaoqin Liu (224)

Fear of childbirth and preference for or actual delivery by elective cesarean section: A population based study
Dr Susan Garthus - Niegel (226)

Fear of birth during pregnancy - A randomized controlled trial comparing treatment with internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy and counseling by midwives
Dr Christine Rubertsson (227)

Regional Research Themed Abstracts

Changes in fear of birth during pregnancy - a randomized controlled trial comparing internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy with standard care
Helen Haines, Australia (73)

Preschool children born to women with intellectual disability have a higher risk to mortality
Berit Höglund, Sweden (61)

Impact of postpartum women's use of psychotropic medicines on breastfeeding outcomes: Findings from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort (MoBa) study
Moni Saha, Australia (393)

Mother's postnatal stress: an investigation of links to various factors during pregnancy and post-partum
Dr Ewa Andersson, Sweden (9)

12:15-12:45
Maternal Comprehensive Health and Addiction Treatment: Workshop for Implementation in clinical practice
Dr Lucy Bayer-Zwirello (213)

Sponsored by The Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development (SEED), Deakin University

Discussant: Professor Jeannette Milgrom

Panel
Professor Marie-Paule Austin,

Professor Bryanne Barnett,

Professor Anne Buist,

Dr Roch Cantwell,

Dr Nicole Highet,

Professor Ian Jones,

Associate Professor Jane Morrell,

Dr Judy Shakespeare

Early relational withdrawal of infants jointly admitted in MBU and links with later development
Dr Anne-Laure Sutter-Dallay (263)

Brief infant-parent therapy after MBU admission: Taking action to reduce risk of disorganised attachment
Dr Rebecca Hill (346)

Do Early Life Exposures Influence the Impact of Prenatal Adversity on Mental Health Trajectories in Children from 2-14 years?
Dr Jessica Tearne (315)

Case of Dissociative Identity Disorder and parental fitness
Dr Siu-Ying Kwok (195)

Reflective functioning - parents of term and preterm infants' experiences
Dr Meegan Kilcullen (192)

Mother and Father Psychobiology in Relation to Parenting and Infant Stress
Dr Sheehan Fisher (311)

The Psychosocial Wellbeing of Parents with Infants in the Special Care Nursery
Kathryn Elliott (316)

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for young Toddlers (PCIT-T): An attachment-based early intervention for disruptive behaviour disorders
Dr Jane Kohlhoff (319)

Caring Mums- Volunteer Program
Michelle Kornberg (343)

Factors associated with care and protection issues for babies of mothers with an enduring mental illness
Shamila Dharma-Trumps (189)

Balint group OR... Holding the Holders
Dr Svetlana Trmcic (350)

Introduction: The Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development (SEED), Deakin University

A pilot trial of an electronic patient decision-aid for women considering the use of antidepressants in pregnancy
Dr Simone Vigod (186)

Factors influencing women with bipolar disorder when making decisions about pregnancy and childbirth: a qualitative study
Clare Dolman (171)

Relapse of serious mental illness in the perinatal period: a historical cohort study using clinical records
Clare Taylor (139)

Strategies for recruiting and preventing drop-out of women with complex needs across the Effectiveness of services for Mothers with Mental Illness (ESMI) programme
Dr Selina Nath (141)

The efficacy and safety of aripiprazole compared to other atypical antipsychotic in pregnant women with severe mental illness: a cohort study using linked electronic healthcare records
Dr Hind Khalifeh (206)

Combined with themed abstract

Online recruitment for postnatal mental health research: feasibility, cost and sample representation
Dr Liana Leach (51)

15:30-16:00
Enhancing the parent-infant relationship - The PIRI Community HUGS Program
Jennifer Ericksen

Pre-ordered tickets required for Invited Workshop

Adverse Life Events Increase Risk for Postpartum Depression: A Large Population Based Epidemiologic Study
Dr Samantha Meltzer-Brody (376)

Personalising risk predictions of perinatal recurrences in bipolar disorder
Dr Arianna Di Florio (166)

Depression and anxiety in the postpartum period and risk of bipolar disorder
Dr Xiaoqin Liu (225)

Identifying Risk Factors for Postpartum Mood Episodes in Bipolar Disorder - A UK Prospective Study
Amy Perry (161)

Does employment and job quality affect parents' perinatal mood? Review of recent evidence from two Australian cohorts
Dr Amanda Cooklin (154)

Pharmacological Lactation Suppression with D2 Receptor Agonists and Risk of Postpartum Psychosis
Dr Josephine Power (216)

Childhood adversities in mothers presenting to a Perinatal Mental Health Service (PMHS)
Dr Rebecca Reay (341)

Physical health and breastfeeding problems in the early postpartum: effect on maternal psychological well-being
Dr Amanda Cooklin (151)

PACT Roll-out in the Context of Public Health Policy in Australia
Professor Jeannette Milgrom and Dr Naomi Wray (381)

PPD-ACT - The UK Experience
Professor Ian Jones (375)

Part 2. Epigenetic and Biological Influences on Perinatal Maternal Functioning and Attachment

News Flash: Results from a Phase 2 trial of SAGE-547 in severe postpartum depression
Dr Samantha Meltzer-Brody (400)

Attachment development in the ATP Generation 3 Study: Epigenetic and biological perspectives
Professor Craig Olsson and Dr Joanne Ryan (396)

Fetal heart rate variability mediates the effect of prenatal depression on neonatal neurobehavioral maturity
Professor Bárbara Figueiredo (240)

Examining the association between postpartum depression, pain sensitivity, and hormone function in a birth cohort of Latinas with and without a history of trauma
Dr Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo (75 & 153)

Adapting to the Changing Mental Health System While Keeping Families in Mind
Professor Anne Buist (386)

Helen Mayo House, South Australia's hub for perinatal mental health
Dr Anne Sved Williams (387)

Mercy Mental Health Mother Baby Unit, a culturally diverse catchment
Jess Barnes (388)

Parent Infant Inpatient Unit
Dr Celeste Hoopmann (389)

Inpatient perinatal mental health in Western Australia: 2007-2016
Dr Felice Watt (390)

New frontiers in perinatal mental health inpatient care
Donna Kristianopulos (391)

"To hold" and "To be held": clinicians perceptions and experiences of working in a specialist perinatal and infant mental health service
Dr Karen Myors (131)

The Western Australian Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Model of Care: from creation to implementation
Leanda Verrier (157)

Discussion time

Migration and perinatal mental disorders: A systematic review & meta-analysis, and findings from the WENDY study
Fraser Anderson (142)

A qualitative study of women's views and experiences of depression screening in pregnancy
Dr Kylee Trevillion (143)

Combined with themed abstracts

The City Mental Illness Stigma Scale: development of a scale to measure stigma of perinatal mental illness
Donna Moore (363)

Assessing Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) symptoms during pregnancy
Kiki Van Broekhoven (130)

Does the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale Measure the Same Constructs Across Time?
Nadia Cunningham (359)

Screening for perinatal anxiety disorders: an implementation trial
Susanne Somerville (127)

Screening for perinatal depression: when and how often?
Victor Pop (129)

Prevalence and determinants of persistent depressive symptoms during pregnancy
Sophia Truijens (128)

How do we know who to support?: An antenatal eligibility screening tool for a home visiting service
Dr Charlene Smith (152)

Maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy and after pregnancy and psychiatric problems in their children
Professor Katri Raikkonen (183)

Effects of maternal perinatal mood variation and coping stability on the infants
Dr Rita Amiel Castro (94)

Antenatal Depression and Stress: A Randomized Controlled Study
Simone Setterberg (74)

Maternal depression related to prenatal work stress and its consequences regarding birth outcome
Julia Hunold (140)

Combined with themed abstracts

The impact of postpartum PTSD on child development: a population-based, two-year follow-up study
Dr Susan Garthus-Niegel (54)

Reproductive pathology and perinatal outcomes for infants of women with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders: a population study
Taryn Major (99)

The Triple B Pregnancy Cohort Study: Alcohol use during pregnancy and developmental outcomes in infants at 12-months of age
Dr Clare McCormack (354)

Perinatal negative thoughts and their association with psychological distress: A theoretical overview
Jaime Wroe (377)

Comparing changes in physical functioning, mental health functioning and depression ante-natally and post-natally in first-time mothers
Primrose White (72)

"Identification Reformulation " - Now Let's Start Addressing Perinatal Anxiety and Depression in Pregnancy
Mark Huthwaite (112)

Mirtazapine in Severe Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy
Adrienne Einarson (301)

Maternal Comprehensive Health and Addiction Program (MCHAT): Maintenance therapy with Buprenorphine vs. Methadone in the Pregnant woman
Dr Lucy Bayer-Zwirello (117)

The effects of a Creative-Arts Therapies ante-natal program for first-time mothers on levels of depression and anxiety and coping in the peri-natal period
Primrose White (70)

Collaborating to Increase Education and Awareness About Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Tara Petty (196)

Out of the clinic and onto the dance floor: 'Club Bump' - a community-based lifestyle intervention to improve maternal health and wellbeing
Dr Lesley Smith (41)

Parents' mobile screen use while in the company of infants and young children: an exploratory qualitative study
Dr Nicola Beamish (111)

Expect great conversation, company and a few surprises!
Dress: Cocktail (wear the colours of your country or just sit back and enjoy the festivities)

Pre-ordered tickets required for Gala Dinner.
Grand 5 & 6

Sponsored by beyondblue

Seats are limited

Sponsored by Gidget Foundation

The Effects of Prenatal Maternal Stress and Smoking on Fetal Behaviour
Dr Nadja Reissland

What can neuroimaging tell us about preterm brain development?
Dr Deanne Thompson

Something to Worry About! Lived Experiences of Perinatal Anxiety: Emerging Themes and Preliminary Findings
Zalia Powell (323)

Maternal role or a mother-infant relationship?
Dr Joan Garvan (250)

Characteristics of callers to PANDA Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia National Helpline and their health assessment, history and risk factors
Dr Touran Shafiei (297)

Communication around perinatal emotional and mental health: The rationale for a new approach to positioning information outside of a mental health context
Dr Nicole Highet (270)

"Voices of the unheard": Experiences and perceptions of motherhood in mothers with severe mental illness- a qualitative perspective
Dr Debanjan Banerjee (330)

Parental Mental Illness: Adult Children's Narratives of Parenting - Journeys of Recovery
Dr Gill Murphy (320)

Recovery from Postnatal Depression: Endurance, sedition and sorting the family baggage
Dr Sue Cowie (177)

Giving voice to women with postnatal depression
Dr Helena Ann Mitchell (373)

Bridging the Gaps For New Parents
Kellie Edwards (283)

Application of resilience theories in the transition to parenthood: a scoping review
Cecily Young (253)

Maternal depression and anxiety, parent-infant interaction and infant social-emotional development following very preterm birth
Dr Carmen Pace (80)

Preconception common mental disorder and maternal-infant bonding problems: A prospective cohort study from adolescence
Dr Yvette Alway (397)

Development of the Pre- and Postnatal Bonding Scale
Sophie Truijens (164)

Early maternal adversity, endogenous oxytocin, and their association with child disorganized attachment behaviour
Dr Phyliss Zelkowitz (243)

Associations between maternal-foetal attachment and infant development outcomes: A systematic review
Grace Branjerdporn (207)

The role of Oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) DNA Methylation in human behaviour: a review of studies to date and future directions
Dr Catherine Maud (15)

Early Intervention to Protect the Mother-Infant Relationship Following Postnatal Depression - A Randomised Controlled Trial
Professor Jeannette Milgrom (382)

A NICU Based Intervention for Parents of Preterm Infants Affects Early Maternal Sensitivity and Maternal Mental Health
Carmel Ferretti (118)

Engagement and Individualised Care: The Role of the General Practitioner Lactation Consultant in a Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Service
Dr Marnie Rowan (293)

Supporting the individual within the family and within the village in a multidisciplinary private practice setting
Anne Clifford (345)

The Western Australian Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Model of Care - A case study
Dr Felice Watt (357)

Martucci Symposium

Integrating care: a joint obstetric psychiatric antenatal clinic
Livia Martucci (144)

Obstetric and neonatal outcomes of women admitted antenatally to a mother and baby unit die to significant mental health illness
Dr Olivia Protti (299)

The NELFT PPIMHS triage clinic (Innovative solutions to increased birth rates not matched by increased resources in London)
Janet Obeney-Williams (223)

Peer supported Open Dialogue (POD) in Perinatal Mental Health Services
Dr Nisha Shah (222)

Perinatal Service Development: innovative and integrated models of care
Silvina Diaz-Bonino (334)

11:20-11:40
Looking to the Future; how much easier treating perinatal depression when father makes three
Dr Nick Kowalenko (271)

11:40-12:00
Dads Who Can
Timothy O'Leary (184)

BIENNIAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARCÉ SOCIETY FOR PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH | Grand 5 & 6
(lunch provided in meeting)

Oxytocin Receptor DNA Methylation in Postpartum Depression
Dr Mary Kimmel (245)

Adverse Childhood Experiences Relates to Psychological and Physiologic Stress in Pregnancy
Dr Camille Hoffman (288)

Maternal Pregnancy-Specific Stress Predicts Adverse Maternal-Fetal Blood Flow, Fetal Physical Growth, and Neonatal Outcomes
Terri Levine (185)

Early childhood behavioural outcomes following prenatal exposure to a natural disaster: the Queensland Flood Study
Belinda Lequertier (114)

Cry Baby: An online infant sleep and settling program
Monique Seymour (273)

Internet Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Women With Postnatal Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial of MumMoodBooster
Dr Christopher Holt (77)

Online self-help initiatives to extend the reach of the What Were We Thinking evidence-based psychoeducation program to prevent postnatal mental health problems
Dr Heather Rowe (331)

Partners to Parents: Development of an On-line Intervention for Enhancing Partner Support and Preventing Perinatal Depression and Anxiety
Pamela Pilkington (13)

Does an online wellbeing program (Baby Steps) prevent perinatal distress in first-time fathers and mothers?
Davina Sanders (256)

Implementing the watch, Wait and Wonder Intervention in a Community Based Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Service
Dr Lucinda Smith and Dr Adaobi Udechuku (332)

Implementing the Watch, Wait and Wonder Intervention in a Mothers and Babies Service
Fiona Will and Dr Liz MacDonald (333)

Training and Implementing the Watch, Wait and Wonder Intervention in Perinatal Mental Health Settings
Dr Denise Guy (367)

An Experiential way to attachment: Dance and Dance-Play
Elizabeth Loughlin (255)

Music therapy in an inpatient mother and baby unit: an evaluation of acceptability, experience of participation and perceived impact
Nicole Reilly (149)

Mothers, babies, and scrapbooking: A creative group intervention for overcoming perinatal difficulties and enhancing the mother-baby bond
Rebecca Chivell (66)

The effects of a Dance/Movement therapy ante-natal program for first-time mothers on labour and birth
Primrose White (71)

Mental Health E-Screening during Pregnancy: Risks and Benefits
Dr Dawn Kingston (210)

Mental Health E-Screening during Pregnancy: Performance of the EPDS
Dr Dawn Kingston (242)

iCOPE Feasibility Trial: Building innovation and sustainability through digital screening in clinical and research settings
Dr Nicole Highet (269)

Validation of the Whooley questions for antenatal depression and anxiety among low-income women in urban South Africa
Dr Carina Marsay (88)

Recent Perinatal Mental Health Policy Changes in the US
Dr Nancy Selix (168)

Is routine psychosocial assessment acceptable and feasible in a private, regional maternity setting? An audit of the St John of God Ballarat experience
Dr Harish Kalra (148)

Patient Evaluation for the Development of Postpartum Depression
Dr Mary Brulja (158)

13:45-14:30
Integrating Postpartum Mental Health Screening into a Multi-site Pediatrics System
Dr Lucy Puryear (16)

The structure of negative emotional states in a postpartum inpatient sample
Nadia Cunningham (360)

Self-identified antenatal anxiety and early infant outcomes
Professor Fiona Alderdice (275)

Early life experiences of infants with heart disease and their parents: Psychobiological pathways of influence and for intervention
Associate Professor Nadine Kasparian (337)

Maternal Stress and Mood May Influence Placental HPA Function in Relation to Preterm Birth
Dr Camille Hoffman (287)

Antenatal Depression and Anxiety Treatment with Beating the Blues Before Birth BBBB © positively impacts infant development at 9 months postnatal, a Pilot RCT
Jennifer Ericksen (69)

Distinct or the Same? Subjective Fatigue and Depression in Women Admitted with Unsettled Infants to a Residential Early Parenting Service
Dr Karen Wynter (309)

Sleep Disturbance in Mothers with Unsettled Infants: Clinical Features and Correlates
Dr Bei Bei (146)

Changes in Psychomotor Vigilance, Impulsivity, Distress and Sleep-Related Functioning in Mothers Attending a Five-Day Residential Early Parenting Service for Unsettled Infant Behaviours
Nathan Wilson (313)

Combined with themed abstracts

Early versus late wake therapy improves mood in ante-partum and post-partum depression by differentially altering sleep and melatonin timing
Dr Barbara Parry (76)

Mothers' attachment state-of-mind and outcomes of a residential parent-infant intervention for unsettled infant behaviour
Dr Jane Kohlhoff (321)

Sleep, crying and feeding problems at 1 month of age: prevalence and comorbidity in Australian infants
Dr Fallon Cook (249)

Evaluation of Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale among women who have recently given birth in Vietnam and Australia: Item response theory analysis
Dr Thach Tran (232)

A validation study of three psychometric instruments for screening for perinatal common mental disorders in women and men in Vietnam
Professor Jane Fisher (233)

Factors affecting decision making about pregnancy among women with severe mental illness - an exploratory study from India
Dr Ashlesha Bagadia and Dr Geetha Desai (303)

Emotional well-being of a sample of Saudi Arabian women in the first ten weeks postpartum
Fahima AlSomali (60)

Are Somatic Symptoms during pregnancy an indicator of Psychological Distress? - a study from India
Dr Geetha Desai (274)

Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms and clinical diagnoses and profiles of mothers presenting to a Perinatal Mental Health Service (PMHS)
Dr Jeffrey Cubis (352)

Postpartum PTSD is a consequence of physical pelvic floor injury after a traumatic vaginal birth
Elizabeth Mary Skinner (347)

Miscarriage: A mental health risk factor for immigrant women
Dr Francine de Montigny (92)

Using CBT & Mindfulness with pregnancy loss - A case study
Rosie Smith (187)

Evaluation of a Pregnancy After Loss Clinic: Transitioning to motherhood following previous perinatal loss
Grace Branjerdporn (122)

The Impact of Parental Age at Birth on Self-Reported Behaviour Problems in Adolescents
Dr Jessica Tearne (317)

The Experience of Pregnancy and Early Motherhood in Mothers of Advanced Maternal Age
Dr Jessica Tearne (314)

Psychological Characteristics of Participants to a Victorian Surrogacy Arrangement
Dr Sarah Nowoweiski (338)

Are mood, anxiety and breastfeeding disorders associated with ART? A preliminary study
Adjunct Professor Flavia Adalgisa Di Stefano (197)

Postnatal demoralisation: growing evidence for its relevance, detection, and treatment
Dr Irene Bobevski (324)

The Effect of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Women During Their Childbearing Years
Alison Tinker (113)

Mindful Attachment Group Program for Mothers Experiencing Postnatal Distress
Dr Roslyn Galligan (235)

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