By Javier de Domingo, perinatal psychologist, attended Marce Society International conference in Barcelona. I dare say that those of us who work in perinatal health, feel a deep call to do so. It is very likely that our work speaks as much about us as it does about the mothers and fathers we walk with.…
The first World Maternal Mental Health Day was celebrated in 2016, and is commemorated every year in the first Wednesday of May – this year, May 6th 2020. World Maternal Mental Health Day was launched to raise awareness about mental health problems in the perinatal period, so as to encourage women to seek…
From left to right: Isabel Fernandez del Castillo and Ibone Olza (European Institute for Perinatal Mental Health), Jane Fisher (President of The International Marcé Society), Prabha Chandra (National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences) co-organiser of the Congress Monday, October 1, 2018 Bangalore, India. On Friday, September 28th, the European Institute for Perinatal…
Eco-systemic Focus The Institute takes an eco-systemic approach to the perinatal period, which recognizes and integrates the importance of: the neurobiological processes of pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period, with a special emphasis on the emotional needs of babies and the mother-baby dyad, the understanding that the natural habitat of the newborn is the mother, and…
The psychiatric processes inherent in maternity and birth have been little studied, whether in the field of psychology or obstetrics. This has created a vacuum, resulting in attention to mother and baby in the perinatal period focused on the physical and medical aspects of maternity, and giving little attention to its psychiatric aspects and…
