SYMPTOMS

SYMPTOMS
"Baby blues": Crying, irritability and confusion.
Postpartum depression: Classic signes are continuation of the crying; sleeping problems; loss of appetite; hopeless thoughts about the future; thoughts of suicide. The loss of energy and sleep deprivation that accompanies having and caring for a new baby alone make it hard to function.
Risk factors for postpartum depression include: First baby; history of depression and postpartum problems; colicky baby; unplanned or unwanted pregnancy; Caesarean section (many women feel robbed if they don't give birth vaginally); single mothers without someone to share feelings; feelings of isolation.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVESIncrease awareness of postpartum risk factors, psychiatric disorders and treatment and prevention strategies.
Understand the difference between "baby blues" and postpartum depression.
Understand postpartum problems from a hormonal and psychological perspective.
Understand the difference between filicide and neonaticide, and how to classify child murders.
Understand motives of mothers who kill their children, and which are more likely to succeed in an insanity defense.
Psychological theories for postpartum problems.
Impact of postpartum problems on sexual functioning.
Psychodynamics of infanticide and the prevention of child murders.