They could not live without the love

  During the 19th century, more than half of all infants who were left in orphanages died during their first year of lifefrom a condition then called marasmus, a word derived from Greek, meaning consumption. This illness was also known as infantile weakness or atrophy. As late as 1920´s, the death rate of infants of…

UN: Obstetric violence is a human rights violation

  A UN report published in April 2019 warns against “the widespread and systematic phenomenon of violence towards women and girls in reproductive services”, and urges states to “address the structural problems and root causes of violence against women in reproductive health services, with a focus on childbirth and obstetric violence.” We publish below an…

Towards responsible reporting of filicide in the media

The work “Maternal Filicide in Canadian News Media” by Kim Rock, A. Corkett, Shekarak Ghashghaei and Professor Gina Wong has been accepted for presentation at the conference “Addressing filicide” that will be hosted at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, next November 14th -15th. The European Institute of Perinatal Mental Health is collaborating with these researchers…

Emotional puerperium

By Esther Ramírez Matos, perinatal psychologist and systemic therapist   I remember the day when, with my almost one month old baby in the pediatrician waiting room, I thought for the first time about the concept of puerperium, or postpartum. My healthcare provider had previously explained that this next visit would be with the regular…

Scholarships call | Breastfeeding and Mental Health Training

We are granting 5 full scholarships for our Breastfeeding and Mental Health Training After the success of the first edition in spanish of the pioneering and innovative  Training in Breastfeeding and Mental Health, the European Institute of Perinatal Mental Health offers 5 scholarships to study the 1st edition of Training in Breastfeeding and Mental Health in…