Book chapter
Midwifery and Perinatal Mental Health
Perspectives on Midwifery and Parenthood, pp.51-66
Springer Cham, First Edition
02/01/2023
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Abstract
A woman may experience a broad range of mental health conditions during the perinatal period, which have implications for the woman, child and family unit. There have been considerable advances in perinatal mental health research, service provision and education in recent years. As key care providers, midwives are uniquely positioned to engage in perinatal mental health and well-being conversations with women and their families, identify and support women with perinatal mental health needs and raise public awareness to improve access to perinatal mental health care. This chapter explores perinatal mental health, its consequences and the role of the midwife in the prevention of perinatal mental health conditions and the provision of effective perinatal mental health care. In addition, the role of education in supporting midwives to be competent and confident for their role in perinatal mental health and recent developments in service provision is explored.
Details
- Title
- Midwifery and Perinatal Mental Health
- Creators
- Maria Noonan - University of LimerickOwen Doody - University of LimerickJulie Jomeen - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Perspectives on Midwifery and Parenthood, pp.51-66
- Publisher
- Springer Cham
- Edition
- First Edition
- Identifiers
- 991013082413402368
- Copyright
- (c) The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.
- Academic Unit
- Nursing; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter