Primary health care staff and perinatal mental health Addressing missed opportunities
Multiple roles of primary health care staff
Barriers to recognition/detection of emotional behavioral problems
Advantages of recognition
Early detection of problems
What can primary health care staff detect?
Detection: Problems during pregnancy
Interventions by primary health care staff
What to do?
Focus on interventions by primary health care staff
Dealing with normal pregnancy
“denial” of pregnancy
Multiple somatic symptoms
Fear of becoming a mother
Eating disorder during pregnancy
Hyperemesis gravidarum
Pathology of destiny
Domestic violence
Depression during pregnancy
What to do? Judge severity
Interventions
Intervention
Listening to story
Giving advice
Practical help
Enlist psychosocial support
Consider referral if..
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