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Perinatal mental health and the law

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Level

Introductory

Locations

This course will be taking place online

Cost

£249.00

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Course information

Level

Introductory

Locations

This course will be taking place online

Cost

£249.00

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About the course

This one-day perinatal health course examines medicolegal topics and is for healthcare professionals working with pregnant women or first year mothers.

The course will be led by legal and psychiatric experts and will provide a refresher on the relevant legislation and case law, an approach to dealing with common and complex dilemmas around mental capacity assessments in the perinatal period, and an update on the latest research in the field and upcoming law reform.

Using a mixture of lectures, case-based teaching, interactive and practical exercises, this promises to be an enjoyable and stimulating day of learning for anyone with an interest in perinatal health.

Learning objectives

Describe common problems health professionals encounter in applying mental health legislation (Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Mental Health Act 1983) during the perinatal period	Discuss case examples of how perinatal medico-legal dilemmas should be managed	Apply a structured approach to completing and documenting complex capacity assessments in the perinatal period
Describe upcoming reforms to the Mental Health Act and their utility for advance decision making in the perinatal period	Formulate a legally informed advance decision making document with women in the perinatal period

Course presented by

Sophia Roper

Specialist Public Lawyer

Sophia Roper is a specialist public lawyer who combines detailed knowledge of the law with extensive practical experience from private practice and public authority work...

Dr Lucy Stephenson

Clinical research associate & Higher trainee in General Adult Psych and Medical Psychology

Dr Lucy Stephenson is a clinical research associate with the Wellcome funded Mental Health and Justice Project and a higher trainee in General Adult Psychiatry and Medical Psychotherapy

Dr Livia Martucci

Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist

Dr Livia Martucci is a Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist at St Thomas’s Hospital in London...

Course schedule

Target audience

Assistant psychologist, Clinical psychologist, Consultant – non-psychiatry any, Consultant – psychiatry, CT1-3 – non-psychiatry any, CT1-3 – psychiatry, FY1, FY2, FY3, GP, GPVTS, Health visitor, Midwife, Obstetricians, RGN, RMN, Social worker, ST4-7 – non-psychiatry any, ST4-7 – psychiatry

Locations

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Length and time

This course will be taking place online

18/11/2020 09:00-17:00

8 hours

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Perinatal mental health and the law

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