Perinatal mental health

Welcome to this Core Knowledge course on Perinatal mental health.

When you have completed this course, you will be able to:

• explain the normal changes in mood that can occur following childbirth
• describe the clinical characteristics of the different psychiatric conditions that occur in pregnancy and the postpartum period
• describe the management of serious psychiatric disorders through pregnancy and the postnatal period including the options for treatments in pregnancy and breastfeeding
• identify the risks associated with psychiatric disorders
• understand the need for multidisciplinary working and a close relationship between obstetric and perinatal mental health services.