Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychopharmacology Training (Sep19, 2025)

Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychopharmacology Training is organized by Postpartum Support International (PSI) and will be held on Sep 19, 2025.

Description:

Postpartum Support International presents a 6-hour advanced course on psychiatric pharmacology during pregnancy and lactation, taught by perinatal psychiatric experts.  It is an interactive, case-based advanced seminar, covering differential diagnosis, medication challenges, case examples, research on medication safety, and your questions.  Participants should have previously completed at least 14 hours of perinatal mental health training.

This course is a pre-requisite for the perinatal mental health certification, in the psychopharmacology specialty.

PSI’s two-day Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care training or an equivalent fourteen-hour perinatal mood disorders certificate course is a pre-requisite for this advanced training. Please contact certification@postpartum.net with questions you may have about meeting the pre-requisite.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Describe approaches to common challenges of psychiatric prescribing for perinatal mental illness
• Describe decisions related to the appropriate dosage.
• Describe expert recommendations related to specific case examples
• Identify resources for evidence-based data about medication during pregnancy and lactation