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screening: what's it all about?

For professionals who work with pregnant women, expectant couples, new families, postpartum moms, screening is an important step in identifying those experiencing perinatal emotional complications.

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Screening

for emotional complications in the childbearing year
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Screening...

  • is asking standardized questions of every client
  • starts a conversation about emotional health and wellbeing
  • can catch emotional complications
  • can be done by you, even if you're not a medical or mental health provider
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There are questionnaires
you can use to screen;
often called "tools" or "instruments"

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Validated Screening Tools

  • PHQ-2 or PHQ-9
  • Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
  • Postpartum Depression Screening Scale
  • Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale
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But screening by itself
is not enough

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Next, connect to services

This could be outpatient therapy, psychiatry, groups, resources...
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Unsure how to do this in your practice?

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You need
support
and
training

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Every Mother Project Toolkit

  • learn about perinatal emotional complications
  • learn how to implement screening
  • learn how to identify resources and connect families to them
  • learn how to get your own support & stay within your scope of practice
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Support & education for perinatal professionals

#supportingmomstogether | www.everymotherproject.org
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Every Mother Project

http://www.everymotherproject.org