Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in the Perinatal Population: Recognition and Treatment for Better Patient Outcomes

This webinar will review the etiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder and how it impacts the perinatal patient. Learn the signs and symptoms and how intervention can make a difference in the patient’s life.  You will also hear from someone with lived experience and learn about her triggers, symptoms and seeking care.

Objectives:
  • Describe the etiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • List common signs and symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the perinatal patient
  • Discuss methods of treatment and intervention for patient care and support
  • Identify communication and care techniques to improve patient experience through the lived experience sharing
Speakers:

Rebecca Creel, MD
Board Certified Psychiatrist
 
Heather L Marshall, MA, LPC, PMH-C
Owner/Therapist, Wildflower Counseling and Wellness
Liaison, PSI-WV
Chair, MMHAC Community Awareness and Patient Education Committee
 
Caroline Crislip 
Project Coordinator MMHSUD 
West Virginia Perinatal Partnership
 
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Presenters: TBD

These monthly skills integration meetings build on the Weave West Virginia training series webinars, which offered a framework for understanding the intersections of substance use, domestic violence, and substance use coercion with a particular focus on pregnant and parenting people. This new monthly series will provide technical assistance for providers via applied learning, practical strategies, and resource sharing to create survivor-centered and trauma-informed organizations.

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These monthly skills integration meetings build on the Weave West Virginia training series webinars. This monthly series provides technical assistance for providers via applied learning, practical strategies, and resource sharing to create survivor-centered and trauma-informed organizations.

Presenters: Laurie Thompsen, MSW and Gabriela Zapata-Alma, LCSW (IL), CADC (IL)

These monthly skills integration meetings build on the Weave West Virginia training series webinars, which offered a framework for understanding the intersections of substance use, domestic violence, and substance use coercion with a particular focus on pregnant and parenting people. This new monthly series will provide technical assistance for providers via applied learning, practical strategies, and resource sharing to create survivor-centered and trauma-informed organizations.

Register Here

These monthly skills integration meetings build on the Weave West Virginia training series webinars. This monthly series provides technical assistance for providers via applied learning, practical strategies, and resource sharing to create survivor-centered and trauma-informed organizations.

Presenters: Laurie Thompsen, MSW and Gabriela Zapata-Alma, LCSW (IL), CADC (IL)

These monthly skills integration meetings build on the Weave West Virginia training series webinars, which offered a framework for understanding the intersections of substance use, domestic violence, and substance use coercion with a particular focus on pregnant and parenting people. This new monthly series will provide technical assistance for providers via applied learning, practical strategies, and resource sharing to create survivor-centered and trauma-informed organizations.

Register Here

Please join us for this free presentation

November 14th at 12:00 pm

Dr. Boothe will discuss the signs and symptoms of postpartum psychosis, as well as how to identify patients who are at risk. A review of current treatment recommendations and care concerns will be included in the presentation.

Emily Boothe, DO is board certified in Psychiatry and Lifestyle Medicine. She graduated from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in 2013 and completed her residency at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in 2017. She has enjoyed working with the perinatal population since 2015. Following training she has provided a variety of psychiatric services in southern West Virginia, including inpatient and outpatient services with perinatal focus, as well as practicing in nursing home settings. She also recently began serving as co-chair for the Maternal Mental Health Advisory Council. Understanding the need for increased awareness and available services for the perinatal population in the state, she strives to advocate and educate for maternal and perinatal mental health.

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