By Ibone Olza Ginny Liff is a British obstetrician who has spent most of her life working in Zimbabwe. Ginny says that last year, when she attended my talk about the psychology of childbirth and obstetric violence in Harare organised by The Friendship Bench she felt changed. She then decided she would disseminate this knowledge…
By Ibone Olza The European Institute of Perinatal Mental Health participated in this meeting of the Zimbabwe Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (ZSOG) together with the White Ribbon Alliance to promote Respectful Maternity Care. The meeting was organised by Obstetrician Ginny Liff, who has been collaborating with midwives Caroline Maposhere and Christina Rwadon over…
Woman Centered Care – What does it mean? This CME day is intended to explore the unfolding research and clinical relevance of the Neurobiology of Childbirth to Obstetricians, Midwives, Paediatricians, Anaesthetists , Psychiatrists and Psychologists Guest Speaker Dr Ibone Olza Paediatric Psychiatrist and Researcher from European Institute of Perinatal Mental Health. Madrid, Spain…
By Ibone Olza, MD, PhD, Perinatal Psychiatrist. Translated by Peter Hicks. At the beginning of this year, three months after giving birth to her second child, Aurora fell to the ground from a fourth-floor balcony in the middle of an episode of puerperal psychosis.This complex disease had beaten her. It was not the first time…
